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I’m always genuinely surprised when I see this sentiment expressed here on HN.

Do you use a hammer to code? A keyboard to paint your walls? Do you strap phones to your feet to move faster or do you use a bike for that?

Technology and other tools very much shape what we do and can do with them. We shape them and they shape us.

See the 3 different perspectives from here.

Thank you but I actually got a somewhat worthless graduate degree in this stuff.

Do you agree with their statement on technology as a tool as opposed to something that makes our lives easier then?

Can't imagine willingly using a tool that I assess makes my life more difficult.

But that doesn't mean that tools don't make others lives more difficult.

Missiles as a tool to do damage don't necessarily make other peoples lives easier. But it might make the lives easier of those who wish to do damage.

Technology is a tool, which can be used to make lives easier and harder.

"Every person using technology will make every other person's life easier" is not the correct interpretation of the original statement.