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When automation increases workload instead of improving life

My company automated away half my department and gave the rest of us twice the work for the same pay and calls it efficiency.

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Technological advancement often benefits capital while intensifying rather than reducing human labor demands.

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“Where Are You with Industrial revolution and its human cost?”

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