alt Hacker NewsI mean, it's the backbone of the American economy and the reason most people here live comfortable lives. If we wanna virtue signal for upvotes sure, but if we pull the numbers pretty much everyone here is pressing buttons indoors all day and getting ~$200k for it.
Except our European counterparts, they still get ~$75k for it. But I guess "progress" because if they lose their job and bake bread instead not much in their life will change...
That's a different point to the on you were originally made. Yes, the tech industry provides a lot of activity (and profit, and therefore livelihoods), but it hasn't actually produced much innovation.progress with all of that activity.