tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581193645376481033.post1586053939669978945..comments2015-12-09T04:33:08.437-05:00Comments on Social Justice Plat4m: Is it ethical to automate business?jpritikinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14822992540770651797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581193645376481033.post-45346900650578527512011-04-17T23:20:38.181-04:002011-04-17T23:20:38.181-04:00"Have you read Henry Hazlitt? He refutes this..."Have you read Henry Hazlitt? He refutes this logic in his book 'Economics in One Lesson'." -- The evidence presented in the article is incomplete. For example:<br /><br />++<br />Arkwright invented his cotton-spinning machinery in 1760. At that time it was estimated that there were in England 5,200 spinners using spinning wheels, and 2,700 weavers—in all, 7,900 persons engaged in the production of cotton textiles. The introduction of Arkwright’s invention was opposed on the ground that it threatened the livelihood of the workers, and the opposition had to be put down by force. Yet in 1787—twenty-seven years after the invention appeared—a parliamentary inquiry showed that the number of persons actually engaged in the spinning and weaving of cotton had risen from 7,900 to 320,000, an increase of 4,400 percent.<br />++<br /><br />I bet that the number of laborers was not the only thing that changed from 1760 to 1787. A more fair comparison would be to estimate how many manual laborers in 1787 it would take to match the output of the 320,000 laborers using machines in 1787.jpritikinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822992540770651797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581193645376481033.post-9575754585249852922011-04-17T23:12:26.482-04:002011-04-17T23:12:26.482-04:00Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. goes on an anti-tech rant, ...Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. goes on an anti-tech rant, blames the iPad for U.S. job losses<br /><br />http://www.geekwire.com/2011/rep-jesse-jackson-jr-antitech-rant-blames-ipad-killing-jobsjpritikinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822992540770651797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581193645376481033.post-9038887287329746512011-03-21T01:35:16.372-04:002011-03-21T01:35:16.372-04:00Have you read Henry Hazlitt? He refutes this logi...Have you read Henry Hazlitt? He refutes this logic in his book "Economics in One Lesson". The relevant chapter is here:<br /><br />http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/chap07p1.htmlWarren Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04257771704025500730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581193645376481033.post-60679707493168975562011-02-26T15:39:20.322-05:002011-02-26T15:39:20.322-05:00Amazing thoughts!
I have been inside a large corpo...Amazing thoughts!<br />I have been inside a large corporation where, after implementing a new ERP, Around 400 persons lost their jobs... after that I have always been dealing with the ethical issues around technology. Thank you.brujohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589380937055869435noreply@blogger.com