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philipallstartoday at 1:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

You should've seen what the internal combustion engine did to the horse and cart industry.


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stetraintoday at 1:33 PM

Sure, so the economic anxiety from people with careers in the horse and cart industry was fully justified.

apical_dendritetoday at 1:19 PM

And I'm sure the 50 year-old guy with the nice job at the stables just loved hearing Henry Ford talk about how nobody was going to own horses anymore.

This is an article about consumer sentiment. Consumers care much more about their own financial security than about Sam Altman's vision of a glorious future.