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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Heh. Back when the printing press was invented in the 15th century, there was a lot of wailing and moaning about how the hand-written books were REAL BOOKS
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When the printing press appeared, there
was serious pushback. Especially from people and govts that relied on controlling access to knowledge.
Hand-copying scribes lost their livelihoods, and religious and political authorities worried about losing control since ordinary people would be able own books and read ideas for themselves.
I didn't get laid off or anything because of tech, but I could see that it was going to happen. So I looked ahead, switched careers made a good go of it, then I retired early (for way less money!), so I wouldn't have to deal with crap anymore. I'm 55, so it's one of the few benefits of getting old. lol
So yeah, different ingredients now, but the same complaints from people. I'd think that in a tech forum like this one, we would be a little more accepting of newer tech.