Notice that little things seems to break and fail for no good reason? Like weird 0530 alarms, unset, by your Apple phone. One example of many many. I bet you've noticed it too.
"Back in my day!" Yeah yeah, things were more reliable in the 80s. Right. I agree. But why?
Were the 'Experts' more confident, with educations un-muddled with Marxism and Diversity training? And folks were more serious because you had to keep a watchful eye on keeping stuff running because otherwise the Soviets might steal a march?
Maybe.
Or maybe the worlds is a bit more complicated and orders of magnitude more computer code is now woven into life's fabric. Even if our Experts in that department are more competent and catching more bugs, there is still a lot of bugs that run up and bit you in the ass.
Gov't involvement in our daily lives is also more prevalent. We miss the days when the Post Office and the IRS was the only interaction we had. Oh, and if our bank went bust we got together with the FDIC folks. Now DHS is constantly watching our bank accounts, along with the IRS, now. Because they can. And TSA is getting our shoes and belts when we fly, briefly. Every time we buy a gun the FBI has to be contacted and paid a fee, too. Getting nudged all the time to wear a mask, buy an electric car, ditch your gas stove, have restrictors in your showerhead, use awful paper straws. Yes, sometimes mandated, but usually the policy is to make the path of least resistance so you comply because you have no other path as easy to take.
And it's awful.
Yes, it is awful. Both government intrusion and the loss of quality and service. We see more and more problems from a lack of quality and attention to detail. We are seeing less innovation because too many people can't be bothered to do the work to figure out new stuff.
ReplyDeleteAlso, complicated systems need MORE testing than uncomplicated systems, but now companies, especially tech related ones, are doing LESS testing than they used to.
Enormous complexity at a consumer price point.
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