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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by sp527 on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:10PM (#17936405)
> Yes, there are winners and losers with any change, but long-term we are far better off than we could have imagined at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

This is a deeply ignorant statement that renders invisible over 2 billion completely disenfranchised people in the third world. Just because you don't experience the consequences - while you gorge on the bounty of human progress somewhere amongst the top decile of our species - doesn't mean they aren't there.

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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by clarkmoody on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:28PM (#17936541)
I recommend that you go check out some of the data here: https://humanprogress.org/dws

In the past 150 years, the human race has made extraordinary progress, lifting billions out of poverty.

There are still many globally who are left out, and I am aware of that. But you can't argue against the widespread gains to humanity through improved technology.

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