obsolescence
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Change has become the norm, black swans proliferate like starlings, and the ability to navigate through the flux makes the difference between outsize success and obsolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Are the critics of the current era flagging their age and risking their obsolescence?
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Goldman Sachs says the fears of obsolescence for some software and data services companies might be overdone.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
“My own view is that AI will indeed be revolutionary, but many of the claims around imminent mass job losses and widespread software obsolescence were overstated,” Reid wrote.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
Instead I kept the burden for myself, and my friendship with Nick, already anemic, underfed and underused, dwindled in obsolescence.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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