why are people so against automation in factories if it makes things safer and produces more goods? is it just that people are losing jobs? but there are different jobs that open up.

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why are people so against automation in factories if it makes things safer and produces more goods? is it just that people are losing jobs? but there are different jobs that open up.

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Simple answer is that machines are much better at doing relatively simple work, so much better that they can outwork several people.

So even if only 10% of the manual labour jobs are mechanized the human workforce looses a lot more than 10% of it’s jobs. Also someone who’s only held low skilled mechanical jobs for most of their life it’s not easy to adapt and learn new skills to compete in that job market.

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