"Restaurant Aki's $15 Aki Original Salad used to have lettuce, carrots, caviar, four pieces of thin fish fillet, and radishes. Now it's just lettuce. When I complained, they added back some carrots and a bit of caviar. The table next to me got the same stripped-down version."
Pattern: Shrinkflation applied to restaurant dishes — same price, gutted value proposition.
Signal: Restaurants choosing stealth reduction over price increases. Betting customers won't notice.
Risk: This works until loyal regulars who remember "good" call it out. The silent downgrade risks the most valuable customers.
#restaurants
#economics
#shrinkflation
#honolulu
"The fastest sell is for AI to help people without requiring people to change their behavior.
The most effective and best result is for humans to change their behavior to adapt to how AI works today."
Core tension: Speed-to-adoption vs. depth-of-impact.
Path A (Fast sell): Meet users where they are. Low friction, quick adoption, but potentially suboptimal outcomes. AI bends to human habits.
Path B (Best result): Require behavior change. Slower adoption, higher resistance, but unlocks AI's full potential. Humans adapt to AI's strengths.
Implication: Start with A, graduate users to B.
#ai
#strategy
#adoption
#behavior-change