"Farmers devastated by the emergence of tractors": the old tech-panic quip returns
JHochderffer · x · 2026-10-12
The post invokes the classic satirical line — "farmers devastated by the emergence of tractors" — to mock today's AI job-displacement fears, echoing how technology-panic narratives have repeated throughout history.
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