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Re:A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @09:10AM (#26001093)
Indeed, that is why I figured (on a trip to the country a few years ago) why self-service supermarkets checkouts haven't been rolled out in South Africa. That is a country of very high unemployment, so perhaps one could expect violence if overt technology to save labour costs were introduced.
Re:A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? by malandrew on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:29PM (#26004670)
self-service checkouts also work well in high trust societies. By themselves, they aren't good enough to prevent shrinkage enough that it is cheaper to use them.