“Technology hasn't improved our lives, just made misery more efficient”
Agree
- Mental health has collapsed since smartphones arrived
- We're more isolated despite constant connectivity
- Automation creates unemployment and purposelessness
- Tech amplifies surveillance and control systems
Disagree
- Medicine alone has saved billions of lives
- Information access has democratized education globally
- Misery existed long before modern technology
- Nostalgia blinds us to past suffering
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