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This mirrors Adam Smith’s later opinions on division of labor After getting all excited about it early on in Wealth if Nations, he later changed his tune in th
by adamsmith838 6y ago
This mirrors Adam Smith’s later opinions on division of labor
After getting all excited about it early on in Wealth if Nations, he later changed his tune in the book.
Later he went on about it being a monstrous thing that would make people as stupid as they can be
It’s a Brave New World out there
I am not a Luddite. Nor do I believe a minority of the human population who can afford these things are owed them at great expense to the planet all humans have to live on
It’s authoritarian to force a future mess on others. That they’d have to chose to clean up & stabilize instead of explore
But the west of course is a bunch of nihilists at heart. Too busy ogling the machine itself to be distracted from the idea their impact could possibly be harmful to ourselves or the species
https://youtu.be/y_7V7tEj2Lo https://youtu.be/y_7V7tEj2Lo