Major tech companies and government agencies continue to enhance their computational power. Image: iStock Job loss caused by new technology is a constant in the history of industrial development. Innovations make obsolete some industrial activities while creating new ones – creating winners and losers.
Such changes are unpopular among those affected. Some examples of resistance were violent. A famous example is the resistance to new textile technology in Great Britain in the early 19th century that eliminated the jobs of some of the most skilled textile workers, which led the destruction of new equipment – to no lasting effect, as […]
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