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Re:Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history of machi... by acheron on Saturday September 09, 2017 @08:50PM (#15209911)
Looking at history, the "usual human modes of keeping a livelihood" are 97% of people engaging in sustenance farming. So, yes, automation has definitely ended that.
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Re:Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history of machi... by austinjp on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:02PM (#15210339)
Automation may have contributed to dragging society out of sustenance (subsistence?) farming, but many other factors have been hugely significant. Agriculture, irrigation, hygiene, sanitation, medicine, cities, etc etc etc. Automation -- in the manner signified in this thread -- has only contributed in recent years, whereas other factors have been significant for decades or even centuries.
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Re:Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history of machi... by acheron on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:47PM (#15215757)
sustenance (subsistence?) farming

Ha, yes, obviously meant subsistence. Damn you autocorrect, etc. :)

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