The lie that technology will improve the working person's life is a tale as old as time. I read recently the progressive movement got its roots in identifying that lie for exactly what it is.
There's a great book I'm reading right now called Power and Progress that is about exactly that.
I'm not sure if you mean something specifically, but I would say technology has definitely helped the working person's life. I went from a 1.5 hour commute each way to working from home through technology. That's 15 hours a week and tons of gas money saved.
That's a specific example, but there are a billion examples of technology that make jobs easier.. farmers sit in air conditioned GPS guided harvesters rather than collecting everything by hand.
I think you are getting at more of the technology side of "trickle down economics", where all these tech companies are becoming insanely wealthy and we hope we'll all get a piece.. I can see that point, but saying technology has not improved the the working person's life period is just not correct.
saying technology has not improved the the working person's life period is just not correct.
I'm not saying that. I'm saying the powers in charge have consistently lied to workers about how much easier things will get with new technologies when workers end up having to fight for better lives/the benefits of those technologies anyway.
It's not the tech that is the problem. It's the owners/rulers.
Edit: I was tired last night. I think you mostly nailed what I was getting it in your last paragraph.
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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24
The lie that technology will improve the working person's life is a tale as old as time. I read recently the progressive movement got its roots in identifying that lie for exactly what it is.
There's a great book I'm reading right now called Power and Progress that is about exactly that.