It’s clearly not change for the sake of change, it’s rapid tech advancements, eg new battery chemistries, more advanced drivetrains etc.

You are going to have to set out the specifics of how you believe this creates more waste, bearing in mind that many of these improvements lead to greater efficiencies, less intensive materials usage, greater degrees of recyclability, etc.

It's different when you have a contract with a company that goes bankrupt. You get screwed in that case. Vmware didn't go bankrupt and I see no reason why Broadcom should be able to buy the company but not have to take over all the obligations including the service contracts. This should be an easy win for Tesco and if Broadcom tries to do this to USA based customers, Broadcom should lose in USA courts too.

Good for you, but don't be too quick to blame other parents.

In the 1980s, a single parent on typical wage could afford a decent house, nice car, and to raise a family of spouse and 2-3 children. Nowadays two parents working full time can't afford a single child in many places.

It's not just money that is tight, time is too. Both parents working, both tired after work, and increasingly with side hustles.

The correllary to "use it or lose it" is that the brain isn't just going idle, it's refocusing its efforts on other things that you are "using" instead.

The average person today could hardly identify all the wild edible plants in their area, change a horseshoe, or build a proper barn, like their ancestors hundreds of years ago could.

By contrast, their ancestors hundreds of years ago probably couldn't read.

Brains don't just go idle; they just refocus on different things. A wealthy Victorian often pursued a life of a polymath, seeking varied intellectual pursuits and sometimes making great discoveries, but they could probably scarcely tell you how to mend a shoe or even change a nappy - that was their servants job.

Also, it's quite the spin to present low MRI activity as "reduced function". It's commonly literally the opposite. If you present a novice with a task they're not used to, and an expert with the same task, the expert will tend to show much less activity than the novice, as the novice has to think harder to accomplish it, whereas it's become rote for the expert. Low activation on a task is commonly a sign of cognitive efficiency.

GM's batteries currently have a lifetime charge cycle of 1500 charges before the battery wears to 80% of its original charge. That means if you charge your car once a week you will get 30 years of charge cycles before it lessons to 80%. If you are worried about accelerating your battery wear so you only get 27 years of usage before reaching 80% wear, you must keep your vehicles MUCH longer than most people. A 30 year old EV that still gets 240 mile range out of its original 300 mile range is doing great!

Your rant sounds more like fearmongering to me. Let me guess, you're invested in the fossil fuel industry.

Bitcoin absolutely was a lottery ticket. In much the same way 401ks are.

The important question: what replaces the old way?