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> The process is as much a human experience as is the result. Sure, but in your scenario, the process is the experience for a small group of people, while the
by int_19h 1mo ago
> The process is as much a human experience as is the result.
Sure, but in your scenario, the process is the experience for a small group of people, while the result benefits everyone (perhaps not directly, but ultimately via a chain of applications). Which one is more important?
It's not at all a new dilemma either. Jacquard looms destroyed the "human experience" of manual weaving for craftsmen who spent decades to perfect their skill. They also made clothing orders of magnitude cheaper for everyone else.
- noisy_boy 1mo ago> They also made clothing orders of magnitude cheaper for everyone else. They also contributed to consumerism and use-and-throw culture and mounds of waste around the world. People were not mortgaging their homes to buy clothes. There was a spectrum. Also, your example is of physical skill. Mechanized farming has lifted many out of hunger. All automation isn't bad. However this is the last frontier of higher pursuit for mankind - using our minds. This is a totally different level.