if people had been playing with carbon fiber hair historically I really doubt horsehair would take off today.
I do oft wonder how many things we interact with are only the way they are because that’s the way they’ve always been. Tangentially, how much of the world is just vestigial and nobody has thought to question it?
Vestigial products and policies also tend to have an ‘immune response’, generated when parties who benefit[1] from the status quo actively resist attempts to change it. For example violin bow manufacturers could hypothetically fear lower sales if synthetic bows captured a greater market share, due to them not needing to be replaced as frequently.
I do oft wonder how many things we interact with are only the way they are because that’s the way they’ve always been. Tangentially, how much of the world is just vestigial and nobody has thought to question it?
Vestigial products and policies also tend to have an ‘immune response’, generated when parties who benefit[1] from the status quo actively resist attempts to change it. For example violin bow manufacturers could hypothetically fear lower sales if synthetic bows captured a greater market share, due to them not needing to be replaced as frequently.
or even believe they benefit