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Automation is also for reducing drudgery - the work that prevents us from meaningful struggle by taking up resources that can be better applied elsewhere. Not a
by chokma 5mo ago
Automation is also for reducing drudgery - the work that prevents us from meaningful struggle by taking up resources that can be better applied elsewhere. Not all struggle (or pain) is created equal.
- ChiMan 5mo agoI wouldn’t count on reduced drudgery. The assembly line automated many movements needed for manufacturing. But which work involved more drudgery—-craftsman-style car production or standing on an assembly line at Ford? With any new technology, subsequent drudgery depends on the technology, its concomitant economics, and the imagination of the people using it.
- Trav5 5mo agoThe craftsman didn't move to the assembly line.