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Remind me how the automobile augmented the horse?
by HappyFunGuy 10y ago
Remind me how the automobile augmented the horse?
- evgenyp 10y agoThe automobile didn't, true, but the wheel, the cart and the plow (among others) did, for thousands of years.
- HappyFunGuy 10y agoSo the question is, are we more likely to be shackled with plows, or replaced and only seen for gambling on at a race track :)
- qbrass 10y agoYou're more likely to end up as a source of cheap meat and hides.
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- delecti 10y agoIt didn't augment the horse, but it sure augmented the jobs of the courier and chauffeur.
- furyofantares 10y agoHorses don't strive to be employed and humans don't worry about the horse employment rate, either. I don't understand why the comparison to horse-unemployment is so widespread, a horse is an outdated technology in the current context, not an unemployed worker.
- HappyFunGuy 10y agoBecause it lends itself to humor and compassion more easily than the casette tape / CD one.
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- throwanem 10y agoHey, all that surplus capital enabled the creation of the modern pet food industry. Great example!