It doesn't need to be all or nothing. It's possible to acknowledge that the 50s had a better economic outlook for the middle class in developed countries than it does now, despite the incredible advances in computing. And you might still prefer to live now, for social reasons or because you prefer the computing advances, despite it not delivering economically as much.
Either way, it does highlight a serious economic concern as computing continues to advance. The majority of the wealth is increasingly being concentrated by our tech overlords.
