Let's look a modern conveniences - of course it made housework much easier, which means one member of a couple or family no longer needed to do constant housekeeping.
Hey, why doesn't that person start doing some kind of job, get a little extra cash in for the family, maybe we can afford some nicer vacations.
Up and up we go. Would a different social system to capitalism stop humanity from always reaching to get ahead?
It would be nice if some could get ahead without others being left behind.