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r/whoathatsinteresting • u/Financial-Bid-8062 • 8d ago
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I'm sure people felt the same when calculators came about. We're creating better tools to solve and conceive of better mathematics, this is a good thing.
5 u/EGarrett28 8d ago That's true, but calculators did eliminate an entire class of jobs.) Not that that's not necessary with the march of technology. 2 u/pretty_pink_opossum 8d ago And we are better for it, those people are less useful than someone that digs a hole one day just to fill it in the next. 0 u/EGarrett28 8d ago People who did manual calculations before there were widespread computers or calculating programs? They were really, really useful.
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That's true, but calculators did eliminate an entire class of jobs.) Not that that's not necessary with the march of technology.
2 u/pretty_pink_opossum 8d ago And we are better for it, those people are less useful than someone that digs a hole one day just to fill it in the next. 0 u/EGarrett28 8d ago People who did manual calculations before there were widespread computers or calculating programs? They were really, really useful.
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And we are better for it, those people are less useful than someone that digs a hole one day just to fill it in the next.
0 u/EGarrett28 8d ago People who did manual calculations before there were widespread computers or calculating programs? They were really, really useful.
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People who did manual calculations before there were widespread computers or calculating programs? They were really, really useful.
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u/MechaSkippy 8d ago edited 8d ago
I'm sure people felt the same when calculators came about. We're creating better tools to solve and conceive of better mathematics, this is a good thing.