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If technology got better, why did everything get worse?(sammystraus.com)
24 points by sammy0910 2 days ago | 10 comments
timnetworks a day ago | parent | next [-]

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

gdulli 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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?

winstonwinston a day ago | parent | next [-]

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

Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.

Coffeewine a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

gdulli a day ago | parent [-]

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.

nradov a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have we tried adding bacon?

t0mpr1c3 16 hours ago | parent [-]

We should have been bringing home the bacon.

Instead we brought home thebacon.

throw1234567891 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Because less is more.

ares623 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It definitely made everything get better for _some_ people.

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