FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."

Gigabit goal “prejudicial” to satellite and wireless

Ah, so money changed hands. Got it.

  • Carl@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    56·
    2 days ago

    Believe it or not, there actually was an effort to block electric lighting. Because it was someone’s job to walk around the neighborhoods and light all of the streetlights. And “protect the jobs” has historically been a really awful argument against technology.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 day ago

      An economist visits a site where a canal is being dug. He asks the foreman why the workers are digging with shovels, when a diesel-powered excavator could do the work of a hundred men. The foreman explains that the canal is a jobs project.

      The economist exclaims, “Why didn’t you say that it was a jobs project earlier?! These men should be digging with spoons!”

    • ynthrepic@lemmy.world
      132·
      2 days ago

      Has the argument been awful, or just the outcome?

      I mean, when have those who lost their jobs due to technological obsolescence actually been looked after directly, rather than left to fend for themselves?

        • ynthrepic@lemmy.world
          1·
          20 hours ago

          Sure, but did those jobs go to those who lost theirs? And as others have pointed out, not always and forever. Just logically speaking a lot of automation at best will “free” people to pursue other things, and so could boost creativity and innovation… But people need freedom and financial security for that to be possible.

          In short, I’m shilling for UBI, guaranteed minimum income and other socialist programmed to spread the value gain from technology back into the community.