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[howunfortunate]

Watching survival shows has made me internalize that laziness has a purpose: it helps you avoid needless expenditure of precious resources.

The dishonesty worries me but the laziness doesn't.

[brookst → howunfortunate]

Isn’t all of technology just laziness writ large?

[skmurphy → brookst]

No: here are a few examples

fire suppression: alarms, sprinklers, halon, fireproof and fire resistant materials

agricultural breakthroughs (e.g. Green Revolution)

life support (e.g. oxygen, anesthetic, NICU, insulin)

low cost clothing (compared to pre-Industrial Revolution) unlocked a lot of possibilities for people.

[pixl97 → brookst]

I don't think technology is laziness, it just enables it. Take that as you see fit.

As for technology actually being lazy itself, this seems new.

[brookst → pixl97]

Sorry, I should have been more verbose. I meant: isn’t the entire history of technology just people deciding that it’s less effort to make a tool to do a job than it would be to do the job?

[skmurphy → brookst]

Some jobs were not possible without the tool. Two examples:

Water filtration / sewage management in a city

Electric illumination transformed everyday life, improved working conditions, etc..

I think you are ignoring technology as infrastructure having a transformative impact on life expectancy and quality of life.