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The tech gains are mostly in areas which don't benefit consumers beyond fancier phones and bigger TV screens. Where it counts such as lower cost of living, bett
by norea-armozel 10y ago
The tech gains are mostly in areas which don't benefit consumers beyond fancier phones and bigger TV screens. Where it counts such as lower cost of living, better healthcare, and the like it's hasn't materialized for those in the lower economic segments. They're still coasting by on the Great Society programs despite their repeated gutting. If the current POTUS can't replace it with livable wages and jobs I suspect we'll see something akin to a Jacobin uprising (blood, heads, and all).
- thedevil 10y ago> The tech gains are mostly in areas which don't benefit consumers beyond fancier phones and bigger TV screens. Mobile payments, video calls, mp3s, social networks, wikipedia, google, driving directions with live traffic updates, Coursera, YouTube, Uber, Upwork. These are not trivial changes. Coursera, for example, was a life-changer for me as it allowed me to switch careers long after college. Inequality and inefficient healthcare are big issues, sure, but I wouldn't trivialize the benefits of technology because of that.