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One would assume that with advances in technology such cycles will eventually be broken.
by MithrilTuxedo 7y ago
One would assume that with advances in technology such cycles will eventually be broken.
- yibg 7y agoNot sure why that'd be a natural assumption. Advances in technology, especially in communication technology could very well hasten the cycles.
- buboard 7y agoif it is going to accelerate class mobility, bring it on. However the data shows that the rise of tech correlates with lower class mobility
- e40 7y agoOr tip the balances of power between the 3 groups. It seems in the last 10+ years, social media empires and big tech have done just that. It seems to me, the High turned the Middle and Low against each other.
- anongraddebt 7y agoHow many times have we said something similar about the promises of technological advancement, and yet the panacea never actualizes?
- SimbaOnSteroids 7y agoHow many other technological advancements are trying to automate the one thing that makes humans human.
- TuringNYC 7y agoIf the advances in technology favor capital over consumers, it actually ends up further diverging the stratification.