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It turned out Luddites are still wrong after 200 years. Automation destroy jobs, but others are created. The belief in job stealing robots is mostly tech bro
by pid-1 4y ago
It turned out Luddites are still wrong after 200 years.
Automation destroy jobs, but others are created.
The belief in job stealing robots is mostly tech bro lore and not based in science nor empirical observation.
- chii 4y ago> It turned out Luddites are still wrong after 200 years. it's not that they're wrong - they're just arguing that automation is destroying _their_ livelihood. The argument isn't that automation is bad - it's great...for the rest of society, at least in the medium-to-long term. It's poor for those being displaced.
- imtringued 4y agoLuddites were unemployed people and their protests were struck down by police and military forces. The story that luddites were some Amish/religiously motivated people against machinery is just a myth.