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.