luddites!

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Re: luddites!
>   From: Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com>
>   Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:14:52 -0400
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>
>>>After all, aren't we all a bunch of Techno-Ludites :^)
>
>i haven't wasted any bandwidth *all day* so, 
>
>I'd like to point out that the Ludites where not anti-technology.
>
>They were anti-loosing-your-job-due-to-technology.  They didn't think it
>was right that 10 people working should become 3 people working just
>because a new machine was installed...
>
>(and, I think they had a point.  I think economists are all smoking
>really good dope when they talk about mythical 'productivity gains')
>
>-brad

What wasnt noticed by the displaced employees was the 7 that got bumpped
went to making more machines, fixing them, selling them teaching those three
left behind how to run them. 

Just a different view.  With 35 years of high tech I've seen a few cycles
and even displaced a few times.

Allison