... down a hole.

As we all know, the primary mechanism of capitalism is the drive for profit. 

Participants in capitalism strive to 'get ahead' of the competition by developing advantages over other players, in any way they can, The Wild West alive and well. 

Unless an advantage is preserved through legal--patents and politics--or monopolistic means, there is but a small window of opportunity to exploit said opportunity before the rest of the 'market' adapts, integrating the new innovation into the aggregate system. 

When the former advantage becomes ubiquitous, it becomes competitively moot, just another mundane, necessitating characteristic of our current way of life. 

Blackberries are now moot. 

Being wired 24/7 is no longer an advantage, it's the only way to stay alive in the frenzied pace of the modern rat race.  Society has long exhibited the characteristics of a dog chasing it's tail, it now does it with more speed and bandwidth than ever before. 

The truth is, most of us never reap competitive advantage from the technologies we use, because by the time we're using them, everyone is. 

Paying for and using anything that doesn't result in an increase in profit simply results in higher expense, thus higher debt, increased credit demands, and eventually the need for bailouts.

 Our society is based on consumption; it's just that a relative few become wealthy from this phenomena.  Why make others rich while escalating the chaos and speed of our lives consuming things that don't pay off? 

Lets put down the fucking Blackberries and start sending letters through the goddamn mail, the Post Office needs a bailout.