There's no lack of revolutionary tech that has made life overall better with higher quality.
Even like, a bic light is so much better quality than a flint and steel or fire sticks.
Smart phones are fantastic quality computers that enable cool stuff like meeting up with friends without first having to leave a note at their house some amount of time beforehand
Dishwashers and laundry machines and modern quality clothing let you avoid spending half your waking hours cleaning stuff, keeping us healthier, and enabling feminism
Electricity lets us stay awake at night without smoke inhalation from candles and fireplaces, with less likelihood of burning the house down, and advanced tech in housing standards make sure that when the building does catch fire, you'll be able to get out safely
Advancements in technology are mostly quite good, and improve both quality and convenience
Seems like for every advantage you list there's also a disadvantage.
> Even like, a bic light is so much better quality than a flint and steel or fire sticks.
And is part of the disposable society creating immense amounts of waste.
> Smart phones are fantastic quality computers that enable cool stuff like meeting up with friends without first having to leave a note at their house some amount of time beforehand
Smartphones reduce the quality of social interaction. People often check them when they should be paying attention to their friend, and they make cancelling last-minute easier thereby making people more flaky.
> Dishwashers and laundry machines and modern quality clothing let you avoid spending half your waking hours cleaning stuff, keeping us healthier, and enabling feminism
It's hard to argue with you there, though I suspect that all these "time-saving" inventions also make it more likely that we will spend more time on other things like more work and on electronic devices.
> Electricity lets us stay awake at night without smoke inhalation from candles and fireplaces, with less likelihood of burning the house down, and advanced tech in housing standards make sure that when the building does catch fire, you'll be able to get out safely
And electricity has also made it easier to stay awake at night, staying up later and reducing the quality of sleep. Hundreds of people get worse sleep by being exposed to devices at night. I think it's actually nice to wind down activities when the sun goes down though obviously that is not as easy in the latitudes closer to the pole.
Basically, I think there are a lot of hidden dangers that people accept because in the short term they don't realize that technology makes life less fulfilling.
Even like, a bic light is so much better quality than a flint and steel or fire sticks.
Smart phones are fantastic quality computers that enable cool stuff like meeting up with friends without first having to leave a note at their house some amount of time beforehand
Dishwashers and laundry machines and modern quality clothing let you avoid spending half your waking hours cleaning stuff, keeping us healthier, and enabling feminism
Electricity lets us stay awake at night without smoke inhalation from candles and fireplaces, with less likelihood of burning the house down, and advanced tech in housing standards make sure that when the building does catch fire, you'll be able to get out safely
Advancements in technology are mostly quite good, and improve both quality and convenience