Ask HN: Where is tech leading us if our humanity is sacrificed for profit?

Are cars good or bad? People love to go fast and cars are so convenient.

But then again, they pollute the planet and kill innocent animals—and sometimes people.

But wait, cars save lives, like when someone needs to get to the hospital quickly. Or, they provide a way to visit family or get to an important event. And thank goodness we don’t ride horses anymore-horses probably didn’t get a vote on that whole thing.

In summary, it is probably not possible to label anything as either just good or just bad. One could argue that everything, including technology, is really just a good-bad sandwich.

I believe that Eastern philosophy has nailed this concept.

That's not tech that is its execution by people. Nuclear fission is tech, nuclear bombs are its execution as are nuclear power plants. Fire is technology, burning a house and cooking a meal with fire are its execution.

It's easier to redefine what you think of as good than it is to make any progress toward changing capitalism. Once you simply define good in terms of the fruits of capitalism[profit] then the two become one and the problem ceases to exist. The kids today would probably call it being $-pilled or something.