I always get a chuckle when people say things like "well a house is more expensive but you have smartphones, the internet, a washing machine, and a blender!" F

I always get a chuckle when people say things like "well a house is more expensive but you have smartphones, the internet, a washing machine, and a blender!" For a lot of people, technology is a tool to live a better life, not end on its own. If post-internet technology doesn't get me housing as cheap as pre-internet or food as cheap as pre-internet, education/childcare, or healthcare as cheap as pre-internet, then that pretty much crosses off the most important necessities. Not saying this is the fault of technological progress per-se.