I also want better public transport that doesn’t rely on me having to have a car.
As much as I understand the general context, I want to stress there is nothing stopping us from having both — and statements like this create a false dichotomy of Leisure vs Technology and Science.
8k TVs and self driving cars, four day work weeks, rent control, universal healthcare, higher wages, are all and even more compatible the more entrenched you get in the thought.
If we had a four day work week, we would have less people stressed, more creativity and enthusiasm for the world they live in and their leisurely needs to be met. By building 8k/12k televisions, having self driving cars, better game systems, better infrastructure, all of this entends the leisure we can have! Technology isn’t a capitalist invention as much as they want us to think, technology is a tool for making life a little bit easier and nearly all of it stems from hungry, angry, aching people who want to make cool shit that makes theirs and our collective reality just a little bit better!
Technology and science is progressive and as worker-focused as you can get in a material sense. There is no reason why we can’t have both.
