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tongue in cheek here:
The industrial revolution generally increased productivity at the expense of faster environmental degradation.
The internet revolution did not gove proportionately higher productivity. It did give everyone a chance to look at cute cat pictures and 'stay in touch' with everyone they even once periperally knew.
And it fuelled environmental degradation; no longer did you buy a quality product and own it for 30 years and fix it along the way. Now you buy a new one every few years at the longest.
The industrial revolution generally increased productivity at the expense of faster environmental degradation.
The internet revolution did not gove proportionately higher productivity. It did give everyone a chance to look at cute cat pictures and 'stay in touch' with everyone they even once periperally knew.
And it fuelled environmental degradation; no longer did you buy a quality product and own it for 30 years and fix it along the way. Now you buy a new one every few years at the longest.
