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When did killing someone else's livelihood stop being sociopathic?
by forgetfreeman 3mo ago
When did killing someone else's livelihood stop being sociopathic?
- orangecat 3mo ago"Computer" used to be a job title for a human. Was it sociopathic to introduce mechanical calculators because it made those jobs unnecessary?
- forgetfreeman 3mo agoThat argument is on really shaky ground in an era of ubiquitous surveillance, social media, Amazon's retail extortion empire.
- ttoinou 3mo agoSince the luddites at least
- rpdillon 3mo agoIt never was... tools and automation have been central to humanity's progress.
- forgetfreeman 3mo agoAutomating a stamp mill that fed 50 families does not obviously correlate with human progress. I'm sure it's nice for an auto manufacturer's bottom line though.