Martin Hash wrote:What if there was a Star Trek replicator that was publicly owned & free to operate? How would that work out?
There would be immediate calls to destroy and ban it. That's the sort of things that destroys people's livelihoods, and even if it's a net gain in the long-term, luddism always has its say first.
If the oil-powered automobile was being invented now, forums such as these would be filled with arguments about how economically unfeasible and ridiculously unreliable and unsafe the prototypes being showcased are compared to the perfectly good, sensibly-speeded horse-and-buggys we have now, thank you very much, and exactly
what is your plan for dealing with all the whip craftsmen you're proposing putting completely out of business, hmmm?
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