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Re:After Callous Layoffs, Workers Are Done with the Full-Tim... by enraged_camel on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @10:17AM (#34693878)
While that is true to a certain extent, what is also true is that the overall rate of change for pretty much everything was much, much slower before modern times. If your situation was relatively stable, that slow pace of change could mean a certain amount of safety and security in certain contexts.
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Re:After Callous Layoffs, Workers Are Done with the Full-Tim... by nradov on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:42PM (#34696030)
Nonsense. Pre-modern life was anything but stable, safe, or secure. People were subject to invasions, pestilence, bad weather, plagues, accidents, the list goes on. Anyone who believes that the rate of change was slower in pre-modern times is simply ignorant of history and archaeology. There are many types of change beyond just technological change.
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