I whole-heartedly believe that a good fraction of what we have come to think of as innovation and progress is utterly useless. Technology and innovation have become products that often have no intrinsic value, but that marketing efforts convince people to desire, like popular caffeinated soft drinks.

Since I'm more or less just getting some stuff of my chest, I'll continue to say that I'm sick of everything these days having to have a battery, and need frequent charging. One of my favourite pieces of "tech" that I own is a pair of good quality binoculars. They make things far away look big, all in glorious super-HD and with no battery! We should have awards for consumer tech that doesn't have a battery!