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Email puts mail delivery man out of work. This luddite news clickbait should not have a place on HN.
by tn13 10y ago
Email puts mail delivery man out of work.
This luddite news clickbait should not have a place on HN.
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- st3v3r 10y agoShowing concern for those who will be without a way to support themselves or their families is not being a luddite.
- Jedd 10y agoHistorically, the luddite concern was that technology would replace humans with no consideration for what society would do with/for those humans. This was, and assuredly still is, a valid and pressing concern. Technologies (outside of military) are rarely regarded as intrinsically bad, but very few administrations over the millennia have felt comfortable talking to their citizenry about how they're going to approach massive social and economic changes. This is in part a failing with governments throughout history, but doubtless also a sad indictment on human nature (difficulty with short vs long term plans, concerns over wealth disparity, preference for inherited social expectations / status quo, etc).