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[–] 47 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Washing machine.

Also, lighter work loads and less time consuming are different arguments - unless you mean no technology has ever resulted in neither, which is a rather bold statement.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 week ago (12 children)

    Counterpoint: The cotton gin. It was supposed to make slavery obsolete, but actually reinvigorated the practice of slavery by making slaves able to do more work.

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  • [+] [S] -23 points 1 week ago (11 children)

    Then everyone should be happy for the new job creators

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    They haven't created any jobs.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    well a fair amount involving data centres and memory to start with…

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Before washing machines, people would hand off washing to professionals. Now the expectation is that the person who can afford it must wash things themselves. More time spent on that.

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