The discussion highlights that while some technological advancements, akin to the internet's emergence in the late 1990s, have led to the creation of successful companies and contributed to GDP growth, they have not significantly transformed living standards over the past 25 years. The anecdote about the mantra from a 2011 manifesto underscores the disappointment in expecting groundbreaking innovations that could have drastically improved quality of life, contrasting it with the reality of incremental advancements like social media, which, despite their business success, did not elevate societal conditions. The success of companies within this framework often relied on a comfortable work environment, but this was insufficient to drive substantial change in productivity or living standards.

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