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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At what point in history did we ever halt the deployment of a new technology to protect workers?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never. That's the problem with history. Happy Labor Day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Or just the problem with technology in general. Every gain is bought with a tradeoff.

Once a man has changed the relationship between himself and his environment, he cannot return to the blissful ignorance he left. Motion, of necessity, involves a change in perspective.

Commissioner Pravin Lal, "A Social History of Planet"