What textbook? I'm just some guy on the Internet.
In what way has quality of life dropped? We wouldn't be having this conversation 10 years ago. I enjoy being able to experience an open source platform such as Lemmy, from my smartphone while getting drunk and lounging about at home. I couldn't have done that without advancements in technology. I feel like that improves my quality of life at no cost. An example of how my life is improved, regardless of wages.
I'm paying devils advocate. I'm all for wages increasing for the average person. I just want people the feel happy for all the amazing things we have in our modern world.
Have you considered not using xls as a format to store 1.5GB.