I think they are silly enough to not realize that high tech 100 years ago is not what is high tech now. If you truly abandon materialism this does make sense.
This also reminds me of the popular 90’s liberal mantra about “knowledge based economy” (used to justify deindustrialisation), as if the economy wasn’t ALWAYS based on knowldge ever since people learned how to make fire and tools.
I think they are silly enough to not realize that high tech 100 years ago is not what is high tech now. If you truly abandon materialism this does make sense.
This also reminds me of the popular 90’s liberal mantra about “knowledge based economy” (used to justify deindustrialisation), as if the economy wasn’t ALWAYS based on knowldge ever since people learned how to make fire and tools.
“knowlege based economy” means “work we could not outsource yet”