> If at the end of the day, large swathes of the population are unhappy or upset at a given technology, that in and of itself should be a sign that something is

> If at the end of the day, large swathes of the population are unhappy or upset at a given technology, that in and of itself should be a sign that something is wrong. Productivity and efficiency gains at the short term expense of inefficient jobs have always made people upset, so taking only that into consideration is wrong. > The Swing Riots were a widespread uprising in 1830 by agricultural workers in England against the mechanization of agriculture. The riots were a protest against the introduction of threshing machines, which had been increasing since the end of the 18th century. The threshing process was labor-intensive, and before the machines were introduced, it employed about 25% of all agricultural workers. The introduction of the machines gradually unemployed a large number of agricultural workers > Jethro Tull invented the seed drill in 1701, but it was not immediately popular in England. Tull's ideas were controversial, and his theories fell into disrepute. Tull's servants resisted his new methods because they threatened their position as laborers and their skill with the plow