24 points | by sammy0910 2 days ago ago
10 comments
It's because of product managers. And whomever created this position.
I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
> I think we all know the answer to this: bad incentives.
Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.
Because we were all sold on the obviously naïve promise of techno utopianism which argued that via technology, we would all live in a more pleasant verdant and equitable world. Obviously, this has not been the case.
I don't know why that premise was ever accepted. The same tool has been used for both good and evil since rocks and sticks.
Have we tried adding bacon?
We should have been bringing home the bacon.
Instead we brought home thebacon.
Because less is more.
It definitely made everything get better for _some_ people.
It's because of product managers. And whomever created this position.
I don't even understand the mindset of the question. It's like asking, if ingredients were added to the recipe, why did it get worse?
> I think we all know the answer to this: bad incentives.
Better technology, worse food quality, more profit.
Because we were all sold on the obviously naïve promise of techno utopianism which argued that via technology, we would all live in a more pleasant verdant and equitable world. Obviously, this has not been the case.
I don't know why that premise was ever accepted. The same tool has been used for both good and evil since rocks and sticks.
Have we tried adding bacon?
We should have been bringing home the bacon.
Instead we brought home thebacon.
Because less is more.
It definitely made everything get better for _some_ people.