Being able to force other people to do things is a way of multiplying your efforts. And we still HIRE people and delegate tasks to them.

And, as Melting_Harps pointed out, weapons are a technology. And so is communication and methods of organizing a larger society.

Storing grain is a technology too. Even agriculture is a technology.

But now we have many more ways to do this. If I write an app and millions install and use it, I am multiplying the amount of work I can get done for people and what they are willing to pay for it.

Much better for them than threatening them with my army. Especially since I have been unable to find it. :-)