It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.
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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.
Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.
The global equalization of wages and the exponential growth in technology has created a job-killing machine that's only going to get worse.
Because of the increased efficiency of machines, it is getting harder and harder for a human to make a productive contribution to society.
I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work', because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.
We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.
Are those 'terrible' machines really putting those people out of work? Or are they getting rid of a really dull job that we shouldn't be torturing people with?
When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government.
Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.
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