alt.hn

8/1/2026 at 9:12:23 PM

If technology got better, why did everything get worse?

https://www.sammystraus.com/#if-technology-got-better-why-did-everything-get-worse

by sammy0910

8/1/2026 at 9:19:32 PM

It definitely made everything get better for _some_ people.

by ares623

8/2/2026 at 6:01:52 PM

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

by timnetworks

8/2/2026 at 3:26:49 AM

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?

by gdulli

8/2/2026 at 4:11:54 PM

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

Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.

by winstonwinston

8/2/2026 at 2:48:14 PM

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.

by Coffeewine

8/2/2026 at 7:15:26 PM

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.

by gdulli

8/2/2026 at 3:59:23 PM

Have we tried adding bacon?

by nradov

8/3/2026 at 3:22:19 AM

We should have been bringing home the bacon.

Instead we brought home thebacon.

by t0mpr1c3

8/2/2026 at 11:36:53 AM

Because less is more.

by throw1234567891