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The Simple Truth
the myth of machines taking away from humanity is no myth. the meme today is that machines will provide wealth by serving each other, with the wealth going to a few who hold the keys. Its a cyclical dream of the "futurist" totalitarians that emerges every century's start.
100 years ago "The Machine Stopped" and "Metropolis" were created. So much for Design Fiction in that cycle. ;) Maybe next time.
The question must be who/what do you serve.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
It immediately brings to mind devices such as "zero pollution" electric cars which, in fact, generate significant pollution, in significant ways, but all of which are generally masked or physically displaced from the experience (and health of) the end user.