Reply #233: I agree on the timeline.

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They were writing in a framework where the wealth and knowledge was becoming centered in the regional cities, and they were romanticizing raw labor over knowledge and innovation. Paper mail was "communication" between places, supplemented by such wild inventions of the 1800's as the telegraph and typewriter. Heck, look at the symbols of Hammer and Sickle... this was very much a different world.

Now, we have farmers and factory controllers using complex machinery and computer models to replace labor, comparing results over the internet across the globe, within seconds, and yet, we're still using terms that might as well be describing a different planet.