> Technical progress would be fantastic if the benefits didn't go mainly to the top They don't. You live better than Henry VIII in almost all ways (other than

> Technical progress would be fantastic if the benefits didn't go mainly to the top They don't. You live better than Henry VIII in almost all ways (other than you can't establish a new state religion). You have access to painkillers, dentistry, sight correction, and information on a daily basis, along with more chicken than he did. The fact that that's true for hundreds of millions of people is incredible.