Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I
by Turing_Machine on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:28AM
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> Can you imagine how many people we could employ if we banned all tools for digging and required everyone to dig by hand?
Even better, agricultural machinery. At one time > 90% of humans were unfree agricultural laborers ("unfree" = slaves, serfs, or something similar). The remaining 10% were mostly soldiers, with a thin veneer of lords and priests at the very top.
Even better, agricultural machinery. At one time > 90% of humans were unfree agricultural laborers ("unfree" = slaves, serfs, or something similar). The remaining 10% were mostly soldiers, with a thin veneer of lords and priests at the very top.