Tech’s broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap::Some tech is getting pricier and looking a lot like the older services it was supposed to beat. From video streaming to ride-hailing and cloud computing.
We have all these conveniences now and somehow people are not happier. Maybe the improvements you showed weren’t improvements after all and society should have spent more time to focus on people instead of developing and selling the next great music platform.
You are missing the point when you tell people to go back to cable, encyclopedias etc. because it’s not about those things, it’s about escaping into an idealized past while being depressed in the present. They should have your sympathy.
No, those were all improvements.
If things seem worse now, it’s because wages haven’t kept up with the rest of the economy and now it’s much harder to pay for basic life necessities.
Improvements to technology and improvements to society are vastly different things.
Yes, that’s my point.
The other poster dismissed the value of technological improvements saying that “people aren’t happier”.
The problem isn’t that technology failed to deliver, it has vastly improved efficiency and capabilities. The problem is that social structures have regressed. Two very different things.