Unpopular opinion in tech, but hear me out. The word "progress" in technology is misused in the same way it is when talking about evolution. The evolution of t

Unpopular opinion in tech, but hear me out. The word "progress" in technology is misused in the same way it is when talking about evolution. The evolution of the eye was not done with progressions, because that implies a destination or goal. You _can_ look at the eye and think of the steps that led to it to be progressions, and that's fine! but only if you do it consciously. Similarly, we need to be mindful when we see technological change as progress, because we're by definition implicitly stating that there's a goal towards something. Not acknowledging that give us the benefits of such an assumption, without the downsides of responsibility (i.e. examining that goal). Now my point: There often isn't a conscious goal with technological change, and that is dangerous. If we look at the resultant change, there is nothing wrong with saying that things are headed in a bad direction, and we wish to change course. It is not Ludditism, and shouldn't be shamed.