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Even that wasn’t the first time introducing efficiency had the opposite intended effect: the cotton gin was invented to reduce the reliance on slavery, it of co
by vxNsr 3y ago
Even that wasn’t the first time introducing efficiency had the opposite intended effect: the cotton gin was invented to reduce the reliance on slavery, it of course famously had the opposite effect, increasing demand for slavery as cotton became even more profitable.
- nindalf 3y agoIt wasn’t the first time it happened or noticed, but it’s the first time we know of that someone wrote a paper about it. The Gutenberg press in the 14th century could have saved a lot of time spent copying books by hand. It did, but also triggered a Cambrian explosion of book publishing.
- vxNsr 3y agoBut more books was the intended effect of the Gutenberg press, we were discussing unintended consequences.
- relativ575 3y agoWas it? Or did they only intend to save the time it needed to make more books?