Horses, unlike humans, are incapable of specializing in new or complex tasks and have a very narrow set of tasks they can accomplish even with a lifetime of tra

Horses, unlike humans, are incapable of specializing in new or complex tasks and have a very narrow set of tasks they can accomplish even with a lifetime of training. The argument holds almost no water unless you assume humans are only good for a single, maybe two, tasks and are incapable of learning or being trained on other tasks if the task they were performing was made redundant. We didn't cull switchboard operators and calculators when we automated their jobs through technology. They found new jobs. > Leaders can extract value without worrying about the people's wellbeing. Historically this has had limits. After those limits have been reached - leaders quickly find themselves 6' under ground if people even gave them that courtesy. There are parts of the world where this has already happened - this century, maybe even this decade. Consider yourself quite privileged if you live in a part of the world where the mere thought of this seems outlandishly absurd and unrealistic.