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mrb on Sept 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history o...

Robots, well, machines, have taken over certain fields. Take agriculture for example. 100 years ago America had 30 million farmers. These 30 million jobs have now largely disappeared and been replaced by highly automated farming machines. There are only ~3 million farmers left in America.

And in no way this is a problem for society. New technology created new job opportunities.

dogecoinbase on Sept 10, 2017 [–]

And in no way this is a problem for society. New technology created new job opportunities.

Heh. If you hadn't noticed... society's not doing so hot, and it's largely due to an absence of opportunity in non-urban areas.

mrb on Sept 11, 2017 | [–]

Are you kidding? Society/quality of life is SIGNIFICANTLY better compared to 100 years ago.

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