We are. Constantly. We are, intellectually, in a tiny minority who
find these things delightful and empowering. We assume that must also
be good for everyone else. I was building electronics as a five year
old when the other kids were playing outside and it thrilled me so
much I assumed everyone else thought the same. They didn't and they
don't. Maybe us nerds "took over the world", but as an adult I find
almost everybody else (those we call normies) feel that digital
technology is;
- something that happens to them
- is foisted upon them and they have no choice
- something they "have to trust"
> it gives people something they want
Have you considered that you really have no idea "what people want"?
Neither do I, but I do know that and feel comfortable saying it. And I
have done research and literally gone onto the streets interviewing
lots of people to ask them. Most want what they think their friends
want. Or the thing they already have with some new features. We tell
them and they buy.
> to be against that disruption you would have to believe that those
people have some sort of right to make that money and continue doing
the things...
In a funny way they kind of do have that right. UDHR includes several
aspects that can be taken as a "right to stability".
> it's the anti tech people
I don't encounter any "anti-tech people". Ever. I meet plenty folks
who are anti-surveillance, or anti-authoritarian, or anti-asshole -
against people forcing their technology on them - but I've never met
anyone who thinks it's simply the fault of technology itself. You may
be living in a bit of a bubble?
We are. Constantly. We are, intellectually, in a tiny minority who find these things delightful and empowering. We assume that must also be good for everyone else. I was building electronics as a five year old when the other kids were playing outside and it thrilled me so much I assumed everyone else thought the same. They didn't and they don't. Maybe us nerds "took over the world", but as an adult I find almost everybody else (those we call normies) feel that digital technology is;
- something that happens to them
- is foisted upon them and they have no choice
- something they "have to trust"
> it gives people something they want
Have you considered that you really have no idea "what people want"? Neither do I, but I do know that and feel comfortable saying it. And I have done research and literally gone onto the streets interviewing lots of people to ask them. Most want what they think their friends want. Or the thing they already have with some new features. We tell them and they buy.
> to be against that disruption you would have to believe that those people have some sort of right to make that money and continue doing the things...
In a funny way they kind of do have that right. UDHR includes several aspects that can be taken as a "right to stability".
> it's the anti tech people
I don't encounter any "anti-tech people". Ever. I meet plenty folks who are anti-surveillance, or anti-authoritarian, or anti-asshole - against people forcing their technology on them - but I've never met anyone who thinks it's simply the fault of technology itself. You may be living in a bit of a bubble?