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> That was never going to happen overnight, if at all. Very easy to say that in hindsight.
by marknutter 4mo ago
> That was never going to happen overnight, if at all.
Very easy to say that in hindsight.
- fc417fc802 4mo agoIt was trivially predictable the entire time, just like it's trivial predictable that advances in robotics can only replace human labor at a rate that takes the necessary capital expenditure and associated manufacturing capacity into account. On top of the basic reality of logistics and infrastructure, the sears catalog provided a practical example that long predated the dotcom era.