MVP (original sense): the simplest thing that could possibly work
MVP (reality): something that takes just as long as a full feature, with all the usual scope creep, but we'll skimp on testing, proper design and code quality to shovel it out the door.
"Scrappy": an MVP, but I'll change my mind every other day like I'm some auteur movie director rather than someone who can't be bothered doing research
Sunak kneecapping the universities in an election year only makes sense if your only remaining loyal demographic is also the most ignorant and worst educated.
The problem is that technology (in all spheres) cannot advance quickly enough that modern management, economics and politics will catch up with and destroy all those advances.
Consider why Boeing, with its incredible technical heritage, can't make safe planes any more, or even a small tech startup gets bogged down in Scrum meetings and OKRs.
"You knew it must come to this, sooner or later, Toad," the Badger explained severely. "You've disregarded all the warnings we've given you, you've gone on squandering the money your father left you, and you're getting us animals a bad name in the district by your furious driving and your smashes and your rows with the police."