Tech doesn't make our lives easier. It makes them faster (2023)

Reposting my previous comment:

What technology has brought is choice and options:

A woman can choose to decouple having sex with getting pregnant.

A person can choose to live hundreds of miles away from their family yet still visit them every weekend.

A person can choose to move to a new country, halfway around the world, and still have their parents be able to see and converse with the grandchildren every night.

I can choose to talk to a person who speaks another language and have a computer translate for us.

On a more serious note:

I can choose to have my tooth decay treated without experiencing horrific pain.

A compound fracture is not an automatic sentence of death or lifelong severe disability.

(2023) Discussion at the time (160 points, 9 months ago, 193 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37767335

I disagree with a lot of it. It is your choices. If you feel the need to promote yourself in Instagram and consider that work, then that is on you.

It is very easy to have tons of time nowadays with all the comforts, selecting the optimal work, location etc.

I wouldn't want to live at any other time. I have never had things as easy as they are now, especially in the past 5 years with possibility for remote work.