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davidmurdochyesterday at 3:03 PM2 repliesview on HN

What other instances of "we did our job as little too well" are there?

I can think of tabacco and other drugs, but that's not really the same. Monopolistic behavior doesn't really fit either. Maybe Kleenex marketing doing so well their name became interchangeable with the word "tissue"?


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islandfox100yesterday at 3:18 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperpalatable_food , One could argue about the plastic usage of the Coca-Cola company, etc

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seydoryesterday at 6:24 PM

Condoms or contraceptives (if they correlate with the drop of fertility