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One might argue that the role of tech is to help society fulfill the higher rungs of the Maslow hierarchy rather than the lower ones. In that case, whether it i
by nequo 4y ago
One might argue that the role of tech is to help society fulfill the higher rungs of the Maslow hierarchy rather than the lower ones. In that case, whether it is essential is the wrong question.
But then most of tech arguably doesn't serve the higher rungs very well, or is outright counterproductive with what evidence we have about Instagram[1] and Facebook's[2] effects on mental health, and so on.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram#Scientific_studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram#Scientific_studies
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#Mental_and_emotional_health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#Mental_and_emotional_...
- manuelmoreale 4y agoSecond part of your answer is the reason why I was posing the question. I’m not of the idea that all tech is unnecessary. We need information systems for things like banking, healthcare, government and so on. But as you pointed out there are also tech products that are definitely not essential or even counter productive to society that employ a lot of people.