If technology got better, why did everything get worse?

Posted by sammy0910 1 day ago

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Comment by timnetworks 1 day ago

It's because of product managers. And whomever created this position.

Comment by gdulli 1 day ago

I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?

Comment by winstonwinston 1 day ago

> I think we all know the answer to this: bad incentives.

Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.

Comment by Coffeewine 1 day ago

Because we were all sold on the obviously naïve promise of techno utopianism which argued that via technology, we would all live in a more pleasant verdant and equitable world. Obviously, this has not been the case.

Comment by gdulli 1 day ago

I don't know why that premise was ever accepted. The same tool has been used for both good and evil since rocks and sticks.

Comment by nradov 1 day ago

Have we tried adding bacon?

Comment by t0mpr1c3 16 hours ago

We should have been bringing home the bacon.

Instead we brought home thebacon.

Comment by throw1234567891 1 day ago

Because less is more.

Comment by ares623 1 day ago

It definitely made everything get better for _some_ people.

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