> "Or take this depiction of a workshop, by a French painter, 1888. The room is clean and well-lit, the machines are human-scale. The master and the apprentice are intent on their work; one can imagine a paternal affection between them"

Yeah, sure, because Charles Dickens was a russian bot, there were no exploited children toiling naked and hungry - it was well-lit paternal affection, suuure.. I wonder why people don't trust our publish-or-perish papers anymore..