Somewhere along the way we forgot that technology was supposed to serve us, not the shareholders.

I’m still not convinced even computing was a particularly good idea. It has enabled prosperity in some areas, like aiding drug research. It has also massively corroded the social fabric.

The productivity gains from computing were never reflected in wages. In the latter half of last century you could buy a home and support a family on one income. Now, you need two average incomes to even start to think about having a family. And then you surrender your children to be raised by someone else because you have to go to work.

Are computers serving us, or are we serving them?