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Muromec • today at 1:19 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

Wait, were we the bad guys all this time by making things objectively better?


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bdangubic • today at 1:49 AM

AI is making things objectively better too :)

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api • today at 1:30 AM

Meanwhile housing, health care, food, energy, and things like college all get more expensive while wages are stagnant (and falling when inflation adjusted). Now on top of that we toss a new jobs disrupting technology into the mix.

You’re making a lot of things objectively better, but none of them are the essentials that people need.

I’m not saying it’s bad to make AI bots or video games or network apps. I’m saying that the blanket statement “we make things better” is oblivious to a lot of realities.

boothby • today at 1:36 AM

After decades of enshitification, I have trouble reading this as "objectively better for those made wealthy by working in or investing in tech."

jakeydus • today at 1:24 AM

This attitude is why society has turned on the tech bros.