Comment by unknownfuture
4 hours ago
It's coming from a place of objecting to burnout/overwork culture.
Recently I witnessed a CTO mention in a public channel that with Claude remote control people can now work while getting a coffee or other breaks during the day.
Tech is actively moving in a direction of destroying all the gains from the labour movement in service of enriching capital out of a combination of FOMO or fear of being replaced.
So yeah, when folks say "hey look now I can even work during leisure activities!" yeah, the reaction is negative.
I'm far more surprised that this surprises you.
Nah.
Workers in 2026, even non-tech workers have an easier life than workers alive at any other point in human history.
Yes ofc there are problems - collectivist land use laws that ban construction near homeowners continue to drive housing costs higher for example. But if you asked any worker today if they would have preferred to be alive 40 or 400 years ago I would be shocked if any said yes.
So I'm clear: as long as our jobs don't devolve to 100 hours a week in a sweat shop or tilling the earth for the lord of our fiefdom, we should just sit back and be happy?
Is that what I should take away from your comment?
That's a pretty wild take. There used to be a lot of good paying union jobs. It was much better to be a worker before Reaganism/Thatcherism.
I hear you, though I will point out that OP said “projects”. Could be a house remodel, ebike build, any manner of project.
Sure but context matters and given this is Hacker News, a lot of discussion centers around tech as a profession (and that's doubly true for AI adoption). You can forgive folks for jumping to natural conclusions. :D