The crucial side-effect of most productivity-increasing inventions is marginalization of most of the work force (barring the few lucky ones - the SV engineers i

The crucial side-effect of most productivity-increasing inventions is marginalization of most of the work force (barring the few lucky ones - the SV engineers in the case of XXI century), destruction of communities and concentration of wealth and power in fewer hands. The luddites were definitely onto something. Wendell Bell explored these ideas in detail in his writing, if anyone is interested in learning more.