Agree that the assumption is that progress, no matter what, is good and healthy. If one considers how inefficient humans are (daily consumption, heating, trans

Agree that the assumption is that progress, no matter what, is good and healthy. If one considers how inefficient humans are (daily consumption, heating, transport..etc) and how in comparison computers are extremely efficient (once they have been built), you realise where "pure" progress will take us. Ephemeralization is the term Buckmeister-Fuller used.