Famously, in the early part of the 19th century there was civil unrest caused by the continued mechanization of looms (a process that started in the 18th centur

Famously, in the early part of the 19th century there was civil unrest caused by the continued mechanization of looms (a process that started in the 18th century): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddites