[jwond]

"Advancement" implies improvement. Just because things are changing does not mean they are improving.

[the_snooze]

Yeah, it's a misguided and naive way of thinking. Deciding whether a technological development is good (and for whom, and to what extent, and with what trade-offs, and on what time horizons) is a really difficult task. So some folks will replace it with a much easier question: "Is this new?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute_substitution