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 18/08/2020

Labor saving devices in the past and nowadays. Bring wealth into this world. Be part of the change.


Now I learn for Organisering i teori og praksis subject at CBS HD1 and got inspired through the Power loom example. I can see the similarity in Python programming language or coding. I believe being part of the technological change is better, then not :)

Textile Manufacture, 1840. /Nreeding And Drawing At A Manchester Cotton Mill. Lithograph, English, C1840.
Source: https://www.posterazzi.com/

Frederick Winslow Taylor (author of The Principles of Scientific Management) mentioned an interesting case. In 1840 in Manchester, England 5 000 weavers broke into the factory, where the new power loom machines were installed. They destroyed the machines. Why? They were afraid that the labor-saving device would lead to their unemployment. What was the truth? By 1911 in Manchester there were around 265 000 weavers. Why? The cotton goods turned to be casual wear from luxury products thanks to the faster, more effective, cheaper labor-saving device, the power loom. The demand was also raised. It was a win-win situation.

Workers at their power-looms in the Airdrie Cotton Works, around 1910.

Source: https://www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/

Taylor said: “you have to bring wealth into this world and the world uses it”.

As I progress studying Python, I can see the great potential in it, it is also a labor-saving device or tool. So many jobs could be replaced by a good program. And many more jobs can be created by coding. I am just wondering when more and more people will take the step to study coding to be part of the technological change of the world.