> I think it's unethical for society to intentionally block a technology that increases productivity to protect the interests of a smaller class of professionals.

And that's how we all wound up with Whispering Earrings. https://croissanthology.com/earring

Maybe you genuinely want one -- I don't think many people do.

Death of the author and all, but Scott Alexander has long insisted that the Whispering Earring is not about dangerous technology: https://web.archive.org/web/20121007235422/http://squid314.l...

Great short story! Thanks.