re: The last 20 years of advancement in technology has been bullshite.

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Take toilet paper for example. Do you realize that toilet paper has not changed in my lifetime? It’s just paper on a cardboard roll, that’s it. And in ten thousand years it will still be exactly the same, because really, what else can they do?

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Have you seen the charmin smooth tear? No more little ripped pieces

You obviously don’t play video games boy

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You have a rectangle in your pocket that has the entire record and knowledge of the universe as we know it and can contact any human being in the world with it within seconds.


You can also use it to post here and complain about the mailman on your neighborhood Facebook page.

Pretty crazy stuff happened in the last 20 years specifically.

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I agree, but it still isn't necessary. I own this because I am forced to own it. You can't do business any other way. Society is moving towards this technology. I did just fine without it. I can't even get a human on the phone anymore when I have a problem. If your problem can't be resolved with a quick and simple yes or no algorithm, you are screwed. This technology isn't working. I'm pulling my hair out more than complementing it. It's also not secure when you consider the endless times it gets hacked and your information is compromised.

You are correct, you can complain about your mailman, but there might not be a human to listen to your complaint. This complaint is reduced to an algorithm, that is interpreted by a computer and may never be seen by a human. It may be further reduced into a percentage or a statistic. I think that is the point that the OP is trying to make.

I went to Walmart a while back, and was cursed out by a rude employee. I wanted to speak to the store manager to complain, but there was no manager at the store to speak to. I went online and still couldn't find anyone to complain to. I only got computer recordings or voicemails that nobody uses. The only way I could make a complaint was to give them a negative Google review and post my complaint there, along all of the other negative reviews. This is what customer service boils down to?

When the internet began (in its present form) in the mid to late 90's, we were much better off. It wasn't totally taken over by corporations, tyrants, and criminals. Today, freespeech is heavily censored on most forums like reddit and Yahoo, just to name a few. It is overwhelmed with propaganda and disinformation from foreign and domestic intelligence agencies and chat bots that seem real. Nobody can get truth or honest and objective information anymore. Every email address is loaded with spam because your information gets stolen by hackers and sold. Even if you get a new email address, in the course of one year, you are again getting so much spam that the email becomes practically useless as you will be getting hundreds of spam emails a week. Everytime you unsubscribe to the spam, you are actually subscribing to more spam. So is this technology really good?

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When the internet began (in its present form) in the mid to late 90's, we were much better off. It wasn't totally taken over by corporations, tyrants, and criminals.

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Agree × 1000

google maps/GPS is the greatest tech innovation in the history of my world. When’s the last time you got lost?

You do have a point, but you are not trying very hard to make it.

Technology has obviously gotten way better and more powerful, but it has built on ideas that were already there. iPhone is probably the easiest example of this. It’s still the same product, just more powerful. But the product is less innovative, and more of a tech ecosystem trap with every iteration. And the once incredible warranty and company backing has been eroded.

You also have advancements in things like medicine, surgical robots, that are clearly improvements but the result has driven up healthcare costs for average people that will never have the surgery.

On the other hand there have been other advancements such as electric cars that are highway worthy. Its incredible how far that tech has come in a short time. But these weren’t exactly necessary, and taxpayers have paid dearly.

I guess you could say the advancements have been fully compensated by the creators. Nothing has been created that resulted in net profit for mankind.

AI is another story, ChatGPT is incredible, and there are plenty of other AI tech that are doing amazing things. We are just getting started in this era, and I don’t see how this doesn’t change our lives dramatically

Tech associated with my fathers 56 chevy, I could repair every thing except disassemble the motor.

My 2022 car has way to many bells and whistles that distract and need a mfg computer to update.

that's progress

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The last 20 years of advancement in technology has been bullshite.

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Dude. Chicken just got rid of those pesky signatures and signature images. What the heck else do you need?

Your threads certainly haven't improved

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I mean, we’ve just created artificial intelligence, possibly the biggest thing mankind will ever do. No biggie.

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That only means that more humans will be put out of work, and it will be much harder to get a human on the phone when you have a problem. None of this is good, like people insist. Technology is going to put us under tyranny, and some people are so brainwashed they will still be saying how great it is. This brings us back to the Orwellian state "1984." I've posted a video about this multiple times.