Theses 13 / 19 QUALITATIVE published 05 Apr 2026 · updated 18 July 2026 · v34

The Cultural Adoption Curve

AI adoption follows a cultural-psychological trajectory resembling the K — bler-Ross grief cycle, not a standard technology adoption curve. Different communities are at different stages: the developer community has moved from denial through bargaining to anger (Mario Zechner's "slowing down" literature, the r/programming ban on all LLM content). Enterprise is still in early experimentation ("experimentation is the new strategy"). The general public is reaching awareness (John

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