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If printing technology took centuries to eliminate the trade of printers, by the same logic computers took about 80 years to eliminate a large chunk of knowledg
by wongarsu 2mo ago
If printing technology took centuries to eliminate the trade of printers, by the same logic computers took about 80 years to eliminate a large chunk of knowledge workers (and that's just counting until today, we might still be a couple years off)
- Animats 2mo agoIt took only about a decade. Printing was a good trade in 1975. The International Typographical Union folded in 1986, with the remaining employees (mostly mailers, not printers) moving to the Teamsters.