Hm... Actually thought about this some more. These are trivial in comparison (specifically the airbnb/Uber which is just a slightly different flavor of the same thing... Increasingly worse with woke/annoying/dominating hosts too).
The recipe, fair, and generations past had to do more cognitive work to organize/save/keep things — my mother still has a library of recipes the size of a small house, knows where they all are.
Same with maps; we had to know and remember opening hours and recall how and where to go.
With these new tech, we're relieved of some unnecessary that cognitive workload... but are you telling me that the difference/improvement in standard of living or the way we can enjoy life is even remotely in the same ballpark as electricity, refrigeration, internal combustion engine etc etc?
Hm... Actually thought about this some more. These are trivial in comparison (specifically the airbnb/Uber which is just a slightly different flavor of the same thing... Increasingly worse with woke/annoying/dominating hosts too).
The recipe, fair, and generations past had to do more cognitive work to organize/save/keep things — my mother still has a library of recipes the size of a small house, knows where they all are.
Same with maps; we had to know and remember opening hours and recall how and where to go.
With these new tech, we're relieved of some unnecessary that cognitive workload... but are you telling me that the difference/improvement in standard of living or the way we can enjoy life is even remotely in the same ballpark as electricity, refrigeration, internal combustion engine etc etc?
Update: aaah, the meme!