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Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder... by philpem on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:07AM (#21257047)
It could well be a fear of automation.

Automating part of the process may reduce the drudgery, but there's an existential fear from some people -- that if a part of their job can be automated, they'll be made redundant. Or the boss will ask them to do more work, faster, for the same pay.

Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder... by agumonkey on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:44AM (#21257220)
The automation seems unlikely (I wasn't fixing the whole task, more like removing pain points) but the potential workload increase is very probable