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There were certainly disruptions associated with past changes. Children working in factories come to mind. But maybe I'm biased because of the evolved social no
by ivankirigin 18y ago
There were certainly disruptions associated with past changes. Children working in factories come to mind. But maybe I'm biased because of the evolved social norms that increases in productivity enabled.
One reason I might be right is that there is a limit built into humans. We can only change so fast (unless new tech makes us more agile).
Workers changes industries on a regular basis. But could they do it yearly? Monthly?
Accelerating advances are bound to run into a wall of finite human abilities.
- pg 18y agoChildren working in factories was grim, but are you sure it was a disruption? I.e. are you sure life wasn't worse wherever the factory workers came from? I'm not; factory workers weren't conscripted.
- ivankirigin 18y agoIt's certainly hard for me to know without reading more history. The most common job to compare it to would have to be farming, which was a hard life with different risks and rewards.
- pg 18y agoThe best book I know of on that transition is E. W. Bovill's English Country Life, 1780-1830. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=bovill&kn=country+life+1780 http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=bovill&... Incidentally, his Golden Trade of the Moors is one of the best history books I've ever read.