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User Were there people in opposition of automatization and industrialization? And if so, what were their reasons? talkie-1930 Yes, there were people who object
by bananzamba 5mo ago
User
Were there people in opposition of automatization and industrialization? And if so, what were their reasons?
talkie-1930
Yes, there were people who objected to the introduction of machinery, on the ground that it would deprive the working classes of employment. It was argued that, as the new methods of production must necessarily lower the cost of articles, and so increase consumption, more would be produced than the country could take, and that a surplus of manufactured goods would be left on hand, which would oblige the manufacturers to discharge a portion of their hands. The opponents of machinery also predicted, that the operative classes would be reduced to starvation, in consequence of the cheapness of articles of food, which would enable foreigners to undersell the home producer in the home market. They contended, further, that the mental cultivation of the artizan must suffer from his constant application to a purely mechanical process; and, finally, they maintained, that the proposed system must have a demoralizing effect, as it would remove all inducements to personal exertion, and substitute a state of things, in which the industrious and the idle would fare alike.
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- _boffin_ 5mo agoI'm really enjoying the way it writes and its tone.
- echelon 5mo agoWe're going to be able to simulate any period of time (for which we have or can simulate data) and transport ourselves there. This is going to be amazing. At some point I'm going to data mine all of my old internet AIM and IRC chats, emails, old laptop hard drives, essays, etc. and go nostalgia/core on it. I have old video and audio recordings too. Lots of stuff for reminiscent inference. Every day I'm finding it harder to believe we're not already in a simulation.
- mbgerring 5mo ago> Every day I'm finding it harder to believe we're not already in a simulation. Seek help before it’s too late.
- echelon 5mo agoDude, I'm having a blast. I love life. Terminally online doomerism is what needs to be reined in. This tech is legitimately the jet packs we dreamed of as kids. It's better, even.
- bigyabai 5mo agoOne can be excited for the future of LLMs while also acknowledging that the progress isn't simulated. It's cool, but not miraculous.
- jsnider3 5mo agoDo you have an actual counter to the simulation argument or are you just dismissing it out of hand?
- redsocksfan45 5mo ago[dead]
- jstanley 5mo agoThe counter is that if it is possible to simulate the universe, then all of our experiences drop out of the structure of the simulation, independent of whether any computer is executing the simulation. In the same way that 42 remains 42 even after the calculator is switched off, your experience of reality inside the "simulation" remains even after the simulator is switched off. All the simulator does is expose the contents of the simulation to one who is outside it. It does nothing for those of us who are inside it, our experiences were there all along. All possible configurations of the game of life "exist" inside the infinite structure of the game of life, independently of whether you evaluate them so that you can see how they proceed. All possible chess games "exist" inside the infinite structure of chess, independently of whether you play them out.
- SkyeCA 5mo agoI noticed this as well when reading the replies other people have gotten from it. The English it produces is extremely easy to read, has a good pacing, and has a really nice tone.