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I agree with your overall point, but I would add that technology has significantly increased leisure time, and the fact that communication platforms are how man
by SamPatt 2y ago
I agree with your overall point, but I would add that technology has significantly increased leisure time, and the fact that communication platforms are how many people use that extra leisure time proves their value beyond what you might expect just looking at a hierarchy of needs.
- osigurdson 2y agoI'm not sure that it has. The workweek remains at 40 hours and most people still work about 40 years. Furthermore, in advanced economies the per household cumulative hours worked has roughly doubled since the transistor was invented. The dishwasher and washer/dryer are the last technologies that actually increased leisure time and predated the transistor. I'm hopeful that AI + robotics will improve the situation but so far there have been very little quality of life improvements due to the transistor (coding is very fun however).
- dartos 2y agoYou’re ignoring the skyrocketing productivity metrics. If the world economies did not need to keep growing, we’d have much more leisure time and much less productivity. That extra time just gets gobbled up by the wheel of growth.