> 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 aro

> 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.