The mechanization of humanity has been deeply perverse. I wish technology was also offering more en-nobling ends, the option to lean in and become more of an expert on systems, but the tyrant of the application feels absolute: tech remains black boxes all the way down. Like corporatism at large, diluting responsibility seems to be the name of the game. I want to see tech that loves inviting people under the hood if they want, that's designed for plugins & the user's existing LLM/agents to come drive machine-toachone style.

I don't necessarily know how that would help economically, but spiritually I think it would be lifting to have a different socio-techncial contract; I think tech could offer some dignity & open doors in a way that escapes the plight of rank consumerism that's eating humanity's collective soul away.

It's really so so sad thinking that the US is so quickly developing such a similar "lie flat" hopelessness. I thought we had a lot more years before the mill of capitalism ground us down to this.