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Re: It's a start.

It's odd how people praise technology for realising people from the mundane, but whine like a 2 year old when their nicely paid job gets offloaded to a bot or another country.

And yes it does help and saved millions, but it's easy to forget all those millions and millions that died due to "progress".

Disease became rampant in the cities due to poor sanitation, poor working and cramped living conditions. Millions were injured or died through industrial accidents.

Unless there is a safety net, poverty and its associated issues could become rampant.

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