I think a lot about Elizabeth I refusing to grant a patent to knitting machines because of all the knitters it would unemploy. Planning around and accounting for this stuff so people don’t suffer isn’t a new problem.
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The Surprisingly Controversial History of the Knitting Machine
Learn about the history of the knitting machine, how using it was considered subversive, and how modern designers use knitting machines.
In the past, the deployment of new technology HAS led to mass unemployment and widespread conflict and human suffering.
“This thing happened in the past” does not at all translate into “and therefore, it won’t be so bad it happens again.”
