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> No one shed a tear when the carriage drivers lost their jobs. Except maybe the carriage drivers and their families. In the 1880s, there were at least[1] 150,
by AlchemistCamp 7y ago
> No one shed a tear when the carriage drivers lost their jobs. Except maybe the carriage drivers and their families.
In the 1880s, there were at least[1] 150,000 horses in New York City. How did the industrial revolution work out for them?
Industrialization was about replacing muscles in niche after niche and muscles are what horses supplied. AI is replacing brains.
1) https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cities-paved-dung-urban-design-great-horse-manure-crisis-1894/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cities-paved-dung-urb...