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by nobodyandproud 345 days ago
It replaces one type of work with another, and reduces quality.

Automating, then, commoditizing, then centralizing has lead to a drastic reduction in food quality and a critically vulnerable food-supply chain.

We’ve started down a similar path where we do not know how to manufacture.

The logical conclusion isn’t just losing workers, but the science and understanding, due to short-term gains and inability to train the next generation.