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The greatest technological breakthrough we've seen in our lifetimes, it can make our lives so much better. And people can only see potential downsides, it's sad

The greatest technological breakthrough we've seen in our lifetimes, it can make our lives so much better. And people can only see potential downsides, it's sad.

DangitBobby 4y ago
Technology hasn't really been improving most people's lives lately. In particular, the most notable impact this technology could possibly have is to make people reduntant.
- bluefirebrand 4y ago
  Technology has been putting a downward pressure on most people's lives for decades now in the form of wage stagnation. It's not the only cause, but it is almost guaranteed that it is a factor. People forget that disruption has a real negative impact on those being disrupted, and not all of them can recover from it.
  - pixl97 4y ago
    Not 100% sure if that's technology, or capital owners keeping 98% of the profits. In theory we should live in a world of plenty, but when one man wants to have a trillion dollars to their name it gets difficult.
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    - bluefirebrand 4y ago
      "It's not the only cause, but it is a factor" Technology makes it so more labour can be done with fewer humans, which increases competition for limited work, so capital owners can justify paying less for those jobs as long as they can find enough people willing to work for that amount. You can blame capital owners for being greedy, and you should, but increasing technology is a major tool they are using to feed that greed.
- ben_bai 4y ago
  Making people redundant, is the one thing every new technology has done. It will happen again. And in a good world it would be for the betterment of humanity. Since there are negative effects as well, in our imperfect world, I can understand the nay-sayers. But that has never stopped anything.
  - DangitBobby 4y ago
    Not every technology has made people redundant, often times they make the impossible possible, giving even more things for people to do. Regardless, I didn't intend to give any hint about how I think the world should be, I'm just describing how I think the world is.
JohnFen 4y ago
> The greatest technological breakthrough we've seen in our lifetimes It probably depends on how long your lifetime has been so far, but I can think of a few things that are greater technological developments than this in my lifetime. Integrated circuits, for a start.

The greatest technological breakthrough we've seen in our lifetimes, it can make our lives so much better. And people can only see potential downsides, it's sad.

DangitBobby 4y ago

Technology hasn't really been improving most people's lives lately. In particular, the most notable impact this technology could possibly have is to make people reduntant.

bluefirebrand 4y ago
Technology has been putting a downward pressure on most people's lives for decades now in the form of wage stagnation. It's not the only cause, but it is almost guaranteed that it is a factor. People forget that disruption has a real negative impact on those being disrupted, and not all of them can recover from it.
- pixl97 4y ago
  Not 100% sure if that's technology, or capital owners keeping 98% of the profits. In theory we should live in a world of plenty, but when one man wants to have a trillion dollars to their name it gets difficult.
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  - bluefirebrand 4y ago
    "It's not the only cause, but it is a factor" Technology makes it so more labour can be done with fewer humans, which increases competition for limited work, so capital owners can justify paying less for those jobs as long as they can find enough people willing to work for that amount. You can blame capital owners for being greedy, and you should, but increasing technology is a major tool they are using to feed that greed.
ben_bai 4y ago
Making people redundant, is the one thing every new technology has done. It will happen again. And in a good world it would be for the betterment of humanity. Since there are negative effects as well, in our imperfect world, I can understand the nay-sayers. But that has never stopped anything.
- DangitBobby 4y ago
  Not every technology has made people redundant, often times they make the impossible possible, giving even more things for people to do. Regardless, I didn't intend to give any hint about how I think the world should be, I'm just describing how I think the world is.

JohnFen 4y ago

> The greatest technological breakthrough we've seen in our lifetimes It probably depends on how long your lifetime has been so far, but I can think of a few things that are greater technological developments than this in my lifetime. Integrated circuits, for a start.