The modern person in a developed country seems to me more human than ever. Think about the pin makers at the beginning of John Adams' "The Wealth of Nations."

The modern person in a developed country seems to me more human than ever. Think about the pin makers at the beginning of John Adams' "The Wealth of Nations." Atomation of meanieal tasks like these means the pin makers are replaced by educated generalists (at least to some extent) who operate and maintain machines.