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Similarly, the number jobs in existence around cars dwarfs the number of jobs lost from no longer using horses. Some 90% of the population worked on farms befo
by randomdata 15y ago
Similarly, the number jobs in existence around cars dwarfs the number of jobs lost from no longer using horses.
Some 90% of the population worked on farms before the horse was displaced. The automotive industry is significant, but not anywhere near that significant.
- mseebach 15y agoYes, the true benefit of automating and scaling agriculture was the freeing up of vast swathes of the population for being factory workers, thus enabling the industrial revolution. Which was that significant.