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When Convenience Technology Triggers Moral Guilt

I feel guilty for ordering groceries online instead of going to the store because it feels lazy but I'm also exhausted and it saves me two hours.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural narratives about effort and virtue clash with technologies that reduce necessary labor.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Confucian virtue ethics and technology?”

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