Squandered Innovation, Broken Promise

The Broken Promise

We were promised flying cars.

We were promised The Jetsons; a future where George Jetson worked 4 hours a week while robots did the rest.

We were promised technology would liberate us from drudgery, democratize information, and usher in a new age of human flourishing.

What We Got Instead:

• Gig workers urinating in bottles to meet algorithmic quotas
• Warehouse employees ordered to work around dead colleagues
• Keystroke logging in our own homes
• AI systems "optimizing the kill chain" in Gaza
• Billionaires at presidential inaugurations advocating for CEO-monarchs
• Data centers consuming more electricity than entire nations to train chatbots

And we're working more hours than ever.

This section traces how Silicon Valley betrayed its original promise, why that betrayal was inevitable from the start, and how we can fulfill that promise.