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Originally Posted by Shamou  Here is a hypothetical scenario:
You work for a privately owned company and discover a way that the same amount of production can be done with half the manpower. You talk about this to the owner and he tells you that if you implement your technology… he will make you a full partner… which means a huge financial reward for you.
However, if you do it, you know that half of your friends and co-workers will lose their job and that since most of these people have been there for over twenty years… it will be next to impossible for them to relocate at a the same salary… resulting in a huge financial loss for them… | If the same production can be done with half the manpower, why not implement the technology and use the current employee base to produce twice as much?  That way everyone wins...
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