Is Efficiency More Valuable than Reality?

Growth requires failures and errors, yet technology is removing these for efficiency and convenience.

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Maybe the most important question 21st-century citizens should ask is: “What level of technology do we need to live healthy and balanced lives in this world?”

Why do we need online technology at all? Why do we need smartphones? Why do we need AI?

And, importantly, what price will society pay for these technologies?

Is the price worth whatever benefits these technologies offer?

At this point, the prudent answer would be no, they are not worth the price, because, for one, they aren’t necessary, and two, they are detrimental to our character, development, and individual freedoms.

The main theme for the integration of online automation technologies in business and personal use is efficiency; it will streamline processes, take away mundane tasks, and all without pesky human error.

The problem is, people have a hard time arguing with efficiency, but is it the most important thing in life — doing things faster, better, and easier?

At what point are we going to realize that outsourcing life to robots isn’t progress? Rather, it is taking away our ability to grow, to live in reality; you know, the reality…