Originally Posted by Metlo

Labor saving devices are more troublesome than they are worth.
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Preamble:
labor saving devices may ensure rapid progress in work, however, such progress as without human consideration is of no value.
A. TROUBLES CAUSED BY LABOR SAVING DEVICES:
1.laborers are destroyed mentally, morally and physically.
2. Frequent episodes of hunger and humiliation for workless laborers.
3. Erosion of character due to chronic idleness.
4. Death of creative power due to over-dependence on the labor saving machines.
5. Mental chaos resulting from over-indulgence in the labor saving devices.
6. Physical and psychological ailments arising from the excessive use of modern devices.
7. Inhuman, unethical and unjust socio-economic results of the modern machinery.
8. Economic inequality due accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few.
9. Socio-cultural values of the past have been hampered by uneven use of modern machines.
10. Use of labor saving machinery causes enviornmental pollution; e.g cultivation, industry affect enviornment and the quality of life.
11. The labor force in the world today, especially in the third world, suffer from mental, moral, physical and financial problems.
B. THE WAY FORWARD:
1. skill development needs to be prioritised over the use of labor saving devices.
2. Human consideration should be valued more than the adoption of any counter-productive technology.
C. conclusion: