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veunesyesterday at 11:55 AM1 replyview on HN

I think the current debate is less about whether automation happens and more about where the gains go


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Ajedi32yesterday at 3:47 PM

The same place they've always gone: to consumers purchasing the products made by those automated processes.

The average person now is far wealthier in terms of actual purchasing power than the average person 100 years ago, and that's largely because of automation making everything cheaper.

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