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Design is Dead, It's All Evolution Now
Traditional product design with intentional structure and hierarchy has been replaced by evolutionary development, where teams make hundreds of random changes and keep only the successful ones. Instagram exemplifies this shift, evolving from a simple photo timeline into a chaotic mix of features like Stories, Reels, and IGTV that lack logical organization. This approach eliminates the need for human designers since the process mirrors natural evolution, where variants are generated variants and survivors are selected without conscious planning.
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