'technology is the enemy of human progress'
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by Romeo on 2005-11-13 15:14:42technology is causing lack of employment -
oppose 0% · Re: technology is the enemy of human progressmoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by metric on 2005-11-13 17:05:28As automation takes over certain fields, new fields of employment open up. "In 1870 only twelve million Americans, representing 31 percent of the population, had jobs. By 1985 the figure rose to 116 million jobs held by 48 percent of the population. This substantial increase in the number of jobs occurred despite the dramatic shift away from the labor content of agriculture. In 1900 more than a third of all American workers were involved in food production. Today Americans are better fed and America a major food exporter, with only 3 percent of the workforce involved." quoted from here
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title: 'Re: technology is the enemy of human progress'
text: 'As automation takes over certain fields, new fields of employment open up. "In 1870 only twelve million Americans, representing 31 percent of the population, had jobs. By 1985 the figure rose to 116 million jobs held by 48 percent of the population. This substantial increase in the number of jobs occurred despite the dramatic shift away from the labor content of agriculture. In 1900 more than a third of all American workers were involved in food production. Today Americans are better fed and America a major food exporter, with only 3 percent of the workforce involved." quoted from here'
tags: technology employment luddite
date: 2005-11-13 17:05:28
submitter: metric
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