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    'Weird Alex' Pareene‏ @pareene 8 Aug 2020

    'Weird Alex' Pareene Retweeted The Opinionated Lab

    the only counterpoint to this is "smartphones" but there's not a single 70s novel where a character who has no discernable job but still has an apartment is like "I wish I could develop a photo really quick while simultaneously looking something up in the Encyclopedia Britannica"https://twitter.com/OpinionatedLab/status/1292114520652095488 …

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    The Opinionated Lab @OpinionatedLab
    I’m 51 years old. Nothing in America has gotten better for working Americans in my lifetime. Nothing.
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      1. 'Weird Alex' Pareene‏ @pareene 8 Aug 2020

        https://thebaffler.com/salvos/consolation-prizes-pareene …

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      1. Bleu Skye‏ @jokowazy 8 Aug 2020
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        And even then, there is a certain level of societal coercion to buying a smart phone, not to mention the privacy issues that come along with doing so

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      2. zaron‏ @zaron5551 8 Aug 2020
        Replying to @pareene

        i think you could probably say the same about most 'improvements' in the last few hundred years; they've probably made life easier but in terms of people's actual life satisfaction/happiness they haven't done much.

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      3. zaron‏ @zaron5551 8 Aug 2020
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        the things that actually improve lives are political/social changes like ending slavery, and probably medical improves that lower child mortality and extend longevity.

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      2. southpaw‏ @nycsouthpaw 8 Aug 2020
        Replying to @pareene

        it’s harder now than in the 70s to use misconceptions that could be corrected with twenty seconds of googling to drive a whole book’s plot

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      3. Jäger von Heinrich Kramer‏ @jaegervonkramer 8 Aug 2020
        Replying to @nycsouthpaw @pareene

        Qanon.

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      2. CollideAsCope‏ @b9n10nt 8 Aug 2020
        Replying to @pareene

        global poverty anti-racism LGBQT rights Car safety Crime Access to recorded music Breadth & depth of research, teaching, & learning medicine metropolitan acute air pollution smoking rates..

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. CollideAsCope‏ @b9n10nt 8 Aug 2020
        Replying to @b9n10nt @pareene

        but... climate change nuclear armament public trust, state capacity, corruption, the general vibe of hurriedness/harriedness/stress/isolation/precarity in the job market & social life No reason these shouldn’t equal or surpass the list of genuine goodies.

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      2. tatere. 🦑‏ @tatere 8 Aug 2020
        Replying to @pareene

        The Internets are p good. Also dental implants. Property values are way up for people who bought in the before times. The cohorts that have actually seen improvements are the ones saying No to everyone else.

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