@inthehands Norbert Wiener wrote in 1948, in the book that defined Cybernetics:
"Let us remember that the automatic machine is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic consequences of slave labor.”
Dec 4, 2025, 9:55 PM@emenel @jimbob @inthehands So labour-saving devices like dishwashers and washing machines are morally reprehensible, and the only ethical alternative is to do the work manually or pay someone a fair price for their time and labour? That’s quite a take…
You are confusing the words “economic” and “moral.”
@inthehands @acb also dishwashers etc don't occupy the same economic (and ethical) place in our society as industrial automation et al...