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   HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 05:25:51 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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   ...and the adoption rates for shiny new techs like trains, electricity, and autmatic telephone switchboards.

   To cut a long (but interesting) story short: the adoption of new technologies took way longer than anticipated, and worker displacement did take place but was more than offset.

   All very solid arguments. except:

   1) never before has a technology gained almost global traction simultaneously (poor people w/o internet access an #NorthKorea being left out) and...