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In the 18th century there was a commitment to new ideas, new devises, new machines, new processes.
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That is what companies across the country are realizing as they shift more production to robotics. Many are expanding their commercial footprint with a new addition or in some cases, excavating for a lower floor to accommodate the recent influx of extremely heavy live-in machines.
Even a robot needs a home.
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Railways became the pivotal technology for a connected world.
Railways quickly developed into the driving force behind the industrial revolution
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Democracy in America | The Economist
One important factor in the decline of private-sector unions is the increasing automation of heavily-unionised manufacturing jobs. American manufacturing output has grown robustly while the portion of the workforce employed in manufacturing has plummeted. Thanks robots!
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