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04/04/2009 09:56:47
Walter Meester
HoogkarspelNetherlands
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>>>>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2b97d9a-1f96-11de-a7a5-00144feabdc0.html
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>>>Seems like an ever ongoing complaint about Industrialization throughout the centuries. But do we really still want to saw wood by hand?
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>>>When Jobs will get lost because of technical progress, new ones will be invented.
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>>Uh yeah. Do you have any idea how many work in the lumber industry? The argument of 'new ones being invented' for every one lost to technical progress doesn't wash.
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>I'd suggest to take a look at history how jobs were lost because of new inventions. And what this technical progress leads to overtime: Mass production, increase of quality and price drops. Sure it is painfull for those losing their jobs, but in a few years time we won't know any better.
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>Advances in technology are unstoppable. You can't figth it.

Spell checkers are a relatively modern technology that it doesn't make sense to figth ;-)
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