The Luddite Fallacy
The idea that machines steal jobs is not a new one. The Luddite movement goes back to 19th century England; is there weight to their argument, or is it all just a fallacy?
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Hosts: Ian R Buck
Fringe episode: tf511
Chapter Index
- 00:00 | Intro
- 00:25 | Chapter Begins
- 09:07 | Outro
References
- The Skilled Labourer 1760-1832, Hammond, J.L.; Hammond, Barbara, 1919. London: Longmans, Green and co.; p. 259.
http://www.archive.org/details/skilledlabourer00hammiala - Difference Engine: Luddite legacy, 2011. The Economist.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/artificial-intelligence - Productivity and unemployment, 2003. Marginal Revolution.
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2003/12/productivity_an.html - Harmonised unemployment rate by gender. Eurostat.
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=teilm020&tableSelection=1&plugin=1 - American Notes: Vonnegut’s Gospel, 1970. Time Magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878826,00.html
Attributions
- Chapter Text and comment section: Chapter 2: The Luddite Fallacy | Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK
- Theme song: The Freeharmonic Orchestra - RoboHobo
- Album art adapted by: Redd Spinks