If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
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If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
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Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#2It definitely made everything get better for _some_ people.
Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#3I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
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Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#5I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
Because less is more.
Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#6I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
Because we were all sold on the obviously naïve promise of techno utopianism which argued that via technology, we would all live in a more pleasant verdant and equitable world. Obviously, this has not been the case.
Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#7I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
Have we tried adding bacon?
Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#8I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
> I think we all know the answer to this: bad incentives.
Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.
Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#9It's because of product managers. And whomever created this position.
Re: If technology got better, why did everything get worse?
#10I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
Because we were all sold on the obviously naïve promise of techno utopianism which argued that via technology, we would all live in a more pleasant verdant and equitable world. Obviously, this has not been the case.
I don't know why that premise was ever accepted. The same tool has been used for both good and evil since rocks and sticks.