Yet us tech workers are some of the highest paid people in the world, and technological progress is advancing at a rate never before seen in human history.
> Yet us tech workers are some of the highest paid people in the world
...and inequality is skyrocketing.
> technological progress is advancing at a rate never before seen in human history.
Compared to the growth between 1900 and 1950, we should have teleportation now.
I'm not making a joke: life-changing progress keeps slowing down. E.g. refrigerators, washing machines, cars, airplanes, x-rays VS internet and smartphones.
> I guess the current system isn't so bad.
Compared to what? That's a false dichotomy fallacy.
> technological progress is advancing at a rate never before seen in human history.
I think over the last 20-30 years, the useful and helpful-to-society technological progress as a fraction of the technological industry is fairly low. Most of Silicon valley is figuring out how to extract as much ad value from consumers as possible; except for the single percentage renewable energy fraction, most of the advancements in the energy industry is a net negative for humans; medicine is stagnant because of the increase in complexity and economics; and the list goes on...
I guess the current system isn't so bad.