From the Desk of Josh Beckman (www.joshbeckman.org) home / notes / note-on-a-year-of-new-avenues-via-robin-sloan The cotton gin, a canonical example of automation, perversely increased the demand for slave labor because it made cotton growing so much more profitable. Josh Beckman Reference machines automation agriculture side-effects A Year of New Avenues Robin Sloan 2022, December 12 Edit Comment/Reply via email Widgets Network Graph Legend Insight This widget generates “insights” about a post - you can read about how it works. Generating Keyboard Shortcuts Key Action o Source e Edit i Insight r Random h Home s or / Search Close www.joshbeckman.org/notes/431542858