Tag: software

The loom-maker's luddism
Weaving used to devour huge amounts of labour that was not available for other uses. In the long run, mankind is better off with fewer weavers and more software developers, artists, car mechanics and so forth. In the short run, yeah, the transition was painful. The same is true of the transition from farms. It used to be that very nearly everyone was engaged in near-subsistence farming; now almost no-one is. Technological advances freed up labour to do more productive things, and we are all (now...