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Every advance in technology (see all the Luddites in history) have been accompanied with a wake of pain.
What about toilet technology?
Especially toilets. They know what they did...
Imagine having to raise an entire city 6 feet so there's room to install a sewage system.
This is probably more of a failing of infrastructure and planning than technology. But I think if we only handle advances in technology as a thing on paper and not a thing in society used by people, then we miss an important, but simple point. Technologies are used by people and they is the only way they can change society.
Any case, toilets ruined London for a couple of decades:
The Great Stink only arises because of the development of a sewer system that piped all the sewage to the Thames. And it didn't stop with the stink:
So that's just one example of toilet technology causing a mess. I bet there are others such as the need for an 'S' pipe. But ultimately, technological improvements require a little foresight, insight, feedback and a lot of social power.
Haha wow I had no idea, just was being a smart ass and got a fun fact out of it. Thanks for sharing!
Not every new piece of technology is actually an advancement. You have an extreme case of selection bias in your assessment.
Name 5 that did not have sweeping adverse consequences, with accompanying sources. I will even accept Wikipedia pages if they have attributions. Make sure they are major ones that really shaped the course of human existence moving forward from their introduction.