Josh's Site (www.joshbeckman.org) 🌼 / home / notes / the-cotton-gin-a-canonical-example-of-automation-perversel 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 Filed Under 13.01 Agriculture 14.01 Automation 15.01 Machines A Year of New Avenues 2022, December 12 Edit Legend Comments www.joshbeckman.org/notes/431542858