--- title: the tech utopia fantasy is over | daily.dev description: The initial optimism about tech and its potential to improve lives has faded. Despite some benefits like increased political awareness and connectivity, tech... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-tech-utopia-fantasy-is-over-em4btlx1x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: the tech utopia fantasy is over | daily.dev og:description: The initial optimism about tech and its potential to improve lives has faded. Despite some benefits like increased political awareness and connectivity, tech... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-tech-utopia-fantasy-is-over-em4btlx1x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Em4btLx1x.png og:image:alt: the tech utopia fantasy is over og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # the tech utopia fantasy is over **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 20 min read · 332 upvotes · 88 comments ## Summary The initial optimism about tech and its potential to improve lives has faded. Despite some benefits like increased political awareness and connectivity, tech now often exacerbates social issues such as misinformation, disinformation, economic inequality, and environmental harm. Companies continue to push a utopian vision that fails to materialize, while engaging in practices that contradict their marketed images. Additionally, various tech giants and VCs have supported right-wing policies, further diverging from the progressive ideals they promote. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ab97** · 60 upvotes > "Additionally, various tech giants and VCs have supported right-wing policies" - please keep your propaganda and psyops away **@janoszszlota** · 53 upvotes > 42 sources in an opinion piece, this blog have higher quality standards than vast majority of major news networks. **@pavelkovar\_dev** · 10 upvotes > This paragraph is so true: > What about the goal of coming together to share knowledge and help everyone get better access to education? I think the internet undeniably helped with Wikipedia, YouTube tutorials, specialized blogs, forums and more - but now, the forums and specialized indie websites and blogs have been dying and are strongly de-prioritized by search engines, therefore hard to find 11. Informational posts on social media are walled off behind login screens12. At the same time, it is the top breeding ground for disinformation13, aided by AI that hallucinates information14. Together... **@eugeneyaremenko** · 9 upvotes > In the good old days TV told you what is real. Ah... The simpler World. Didn't have to think at all. **@rallisf1** · 6 upvotes > Consumerism has killed the tech fantasy. How can you be inspired by tech when companies constantly try to shove ads to your face and bots try to scam you 24/7, while you watch brilliant inventions fail because there's no money to make out of them. --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-tech-utopia-fantasy-is-over-em4btlx1x) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"the tech utopia fantasy is over","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-tech-utopia-fantasy-is-over-em4btlx1x","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-tech-utopia-fantasy-is-over-em4btlx1x"},"datePublished":"2024-11-23T19:33:37.004Z","dateModified":"2024-12-11T12:15:21.521Z","description":"The initial optimism about tech and its potential to improve lives has faded. 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I think the internet undeniably helped with Wikipedia, YouTube tutorials, specialized blogs, forums and more - but now, the forums and specialized indie websites and blogs have been dying and are strongly de-prioritized by search engines, therefore hard to find 11. Informational posts on social media are walled off behind login screens12. At the same time, it is the top breeding ground for disinformation13, aided by AI that hallucinates information14. Together with the Fake News President, I’ve seen our time described as the “post-truth era” 15. It doesn’t matter what the truth is, it is for who has the most power and money to decide what the truth is.","datePublished":"2024-12-03T11:11:24.366Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Em4btLx1x#c-QEKYp9wH3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Pavel Kovář","url":"https://daily.dev/pavelkovar_dev","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxb0mpoIsN7RQsednXDab5UGB2P259xmvlurnPKGTg=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"In the good old days TV told you what is real. Ah… The simpler World. Didn’t have to think at all.","datePublished":"2024-12-03T08:45:29.704Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Em4btLx1x#c-km22MwWT4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eugene Yaremenko","url":"https://daily.dev/eugeneyaremenko","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1898905?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":9}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Consumerism has killed the tech fantasy. 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