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Yet us tech workers are some of the highest paid people in the world, and technological progress is advancing at a rate never before seen in human history. I g
by SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
Yet us tech workers are some of the highest paid people in the world, and technological progress is advancing at a rate never before seen in human history.
I guess the current system isn't so bad.
- abdullahkhalids 8y ago> technological progress is advancing at a rate never before seen in human history. I think over the last 20-30 years, the useful and helpful-to-society technological progress as a fraction of the technological industry is fairly low. Most of Silicon valley is figuring out how to extract as much ad value from consumers as possible; except for the single percentage renewable energy fraction, most of the advancements in the energy industry is a net negative for humans; medicine is stagnant because of the increase in complexity and economics; and the list goes on...
- eeZah7Ux 8y ago> Yet us tech workers are some of the highest paid people in the world ...and inequality is skyrocketing. > technological progress is advancing at a rate never before seen in human history. Compared to the growth between 1900 and 1950, we should have teleportation now. I'm not making a joke: life-changing progress keeps slowing down. E.g. refrigerators, washing machines, cars, airplanes, x-rays VS internet and smartphones. > I guess the current system isn't so bad. Compared to what? That's a false dichotomy fallacy.
- kilbuz 8y agoThis is nowhere near the fastest technology has progressed in history.
- nine_k 8y agoYes, you need an all-out mobilization of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War to move even faster. Not in the consumer segment, though.