What is the purpose of technology?

To do more with less effort.

To simplify our tasks.

Sometimes this backfires and technology ends up giving us more to do and complicates our lives.

It becomes a monster and we are consumed feeding it.

Thus, the selection and implementation of technology is critical.

How do you objectively measure this?

Perhaps we need a term "technical efficiency"

technical efficiency = time saved/time feeding

Hard to measure, but important to reflect on.

A number greater than 1 is good, less than 1 is bad. Ideally, the number should be much greater than one and also increasing.

Like with so many things, the key metric is not where we are now, but where we are heading.