Everything wrong with tech in 2023 (in no particular order)

51. Using terribly thin fonts with low contrast colors leading to unreadable websites.

A lot of these are corollaries of:<p><pre><code> 1. The obsession with short-term profits severely undermines long-term positive impact. </code></pre> Otherwise, I think it&#x27;s a good list.

Agree with most points.<p>But there&#x27;s quite a bit of redundancy in the list. Would be more powerful (and easier for readers to absorb) if cut down to its core points.

You forgot: The endless cynicism that sucks all the fun out of tech compared to the early 2000s<p>Alright, fine, I agree tech has been taken over by investment banking personalities. I have no clue where all the nerds who programmed for fun went, but I miss that short-lived era when hackathons were actually something people got excited about.

Great list I general, I mostly agree. But.<p>&quot;Copycat companies &amp; products stifling innovation&quot;<p>I feel like if as a company you&#x27;ve made something that&#x27;s easily copyable, then that&#x27;s your problem.<p>Successful products are both popular &amp; hard to replicate

This is a good list, though it has some redundancy, I think it can be boiled down to a de-prioritization of ethics and a prioritization of greed. It&#x27;s also not just in the tech sector. I see that in finance, entertainment (look at the struggle SAG-AFTRA has been going through), construction, and I&#x27;m sure there are others. I also bundle striving for long-term good through innovation into ethics.

Seems like this list could have been written 10 years ago. Honest question: What’s changed?

&gt; 10. Algorithms that amplify bias, misinformation, and polarization recklessly undermine democracy.<p>&gt; 50. Disrupting journalism&#x27;s advertising revenue threatens democracy by eroding public information.<p>...so addressing point 10 would worsen point 50 or am I reading it wrong?<p>And honestly, this list of complaints is quite timeless (and not even limited to tech, contrary to the title). Yes, there are a couple of specifically tech-related points as of 2023 (namely, those about AI) but other than that... &quot;the concentration of disproportionate wealth and influence among a small group fosters plutocracy&quot;, how novel. &quot;Utopian tech promises lead to disappointment when vision ignores complex human reality&quot; — that happened with electricity, aviation, radio, and television, too, naming only the technologies, never mind the small- and large-scale ideologically-motivated social experiments.

Great list that I wish we all would consider more seriously. Version two should edit the list down to core ideas to avoid repetition, and suggest some ways to address one or more of the items.

Why are they numbered?

This list is not unique to tech but many apply to business in general as pure capitalism is the cause. The industrial revolution had many similar problems.

Weird list with fancy words that don&#x27;t offer much of explanation which opens up for making different interpretations.<p>&gt; 2. The lack of diversity among founders and investors propagates harmful exclusion.<p>As an example. What kind of diversity? I assume she is writing about gender and ethnicity but in reality I think the diversity of opinions is what is most important to prevent harmful exclusion. I could read it like she mean diversity of opinions, diversity in a specific area like gender or just diversity in general. I assume what I assumed because I read the other points and people with left wing beliefs rarely care about diversity of opinion even if they claim to care about diversity.<p>Overall I don&#x27;t understand several of the words that are being used, altough I am not a native english speaker I consider myself to be pretty well versed in the english language.

It all boils down to values. This author seems to value sincerity, truth, democracy and fair play, among other such things. It doesn&#x27;t seem like other values are considered, values that other people might have. Like the value of earning massive amounts of money so you or your descendants don&#x27;t have to work another day until end of time. Or the value that some people place in being coaxed from one inferior product to the next by ads that you just can&#x27;t seem to escape. What about the interests of those people? Just askin&#x27;.