I understand how, from a technical POV, electricity and electrification could be considered great news.
But I don't see how this is good news at all from a societal POV.
Think about all the lamplighters who lost their jobs. Streetlights just turn on now? Lamplighting used to be considered a stable job! And what about the ice cutters…
For real tho, it's not like there's nothing left to do — we still have potholes to fix, t-shirts to fold and illnesses to cure.
Just the fact that many people continue to believe that wars are justified by resource scarcity shows we need technological progress.
But I don't see how this is good news at all from a societal POV.
Think about all the lamplighters who lost their jobs. Streetlights just turn on now? Lamplighting used to be considered a stable job! And what about the ice cutters…
For real tho, it's not like there's nothing left to do — we still have potholes to fix, t-shirts to fold and illnesses to cure. Just the fact that many people continue to believe that wars are justified by resource scarcity shows we need technological progress.