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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Shortsightedness. Human resources are the one limiting factor of everything. By freeing up human resources with automation, they can be invested in things that still require humans.

The problem is that this hurts the particular human in the short term, but benefits every other human in the long term.

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