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Do you think technical progress is making life worse for the average person? I realize it's popular opinion (and I tend to agree) that it's disproportionately b
by niij 7y ago
Do you think technical progress is making life worse for the average person? I realize it's popular opinion (and I tend to agree) that it's disproportionately benefiting the richest. But that doesn't mean most people aren't benefiting from the cost/time savings that new technology has brought. Curious to hear why you think that way.
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoI'm just talking about pharmacists and telephone operators. I dont mind pharmacists and I didnt mind telephone operators. My life isnt much better now that telephone operators are gone.
- refurb 7y agoLife’s not much better? I used to pay $0.30/min in long distance charges to call a city 3 hours away in the same state!
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoWhat were you calling a city 3 hours away for?
- refurb 7y agoTo talk with a relative.
- stallmanite 7y agoTo save 6 hours of driving?
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- karatestomp 7y agoI have serious doubts that tech is making us happier, overall, and that is’s actually significantly improving productivity, outside a few areas where is has done so massively such that the effect is still strongly positive. Exceptions for certain areas like medical research, obviously, but really, things were fine before Netflix and free long distance and such.