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by chucksmash 1149 days ago
When technology destroys work people don't like to do, it's progress.

When technology destroys work people like to do, it's _______.

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> When technology destroys work people don't like to do, it's progress.

The Luddites would beg to differ.

People don't work because they like it, they work because they need to. "Work" that doesn't support your livelihood is correctly referred to as "play."

The interesting thing is how society differently reacts when different classes of people lose their work due to progress.

> When technology destroys work people like to do, it's _______.

Liberating. I remember enjoying laying out sheet music. Doesn't mean I scorn my iPad.

Did you lose your livelihood because your iPad made composing easier?

If not, then technology didn't destroy your work.

> Did you lose your livelihood because your iPad made composing easier

Page flippers sure did. (I'm not a professional musician.)