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If technology got better, why did everything get worse? (sammystraus.com)
timnetworks 5 hours ago [-]
It's because of product managers. And whomever created this position.
gdulli 19 hours 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?
winstonwinston 7 hours ago [-]
> I think we all know the answer to this: bad incentives.

Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.

Coffeewine 8 hours 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.
gdulli 4 hours 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.
nradov 7 hours ago [-]
Have we tried adding bacon?
throw1234567891 11 hours ago [-]
Because less is more.
ares623 1 days ago [-]
It definitely made everything get better for _some_ people.
18 hours ago [-]
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