Sci&Tech History

This morning I watched Doel Anak Sekolahan, an Indonesian soap opera about Betawi culture. Main character of the soap opera, Doel, was depressed since his coming to operate new machine cause several workers lost their job. The new machine bought by the factory owner make the workers selection are based on their capability to operate the machine. Several decades before Doel, a movement named Luddite has started their fight against machine in 1811. Machine inventions caused great number of worker lost their job, especially in textille industry.

Of course, it is possible for human to increase their capability. Go to school, gain some technicalities and skill, then get a good job and great income. The factory can run efficiently, and everybody will life happily ever after. Unfortunately, from the elementery school, there are some inequality emerged. It is hard for poor families to enter good schools completed with supporting facilities. Further, some parents use their child to get some additional income to support their life. As a consequence, their child can’t go to school.

In this sense, technology also play role as a human selector: to decide who can serve them. Hihi, now it sound a little bit creepy… First, since from it beginning, machine was designed to help human lifes. But in the reality, sometimes we help the machine, so they can run well. In order to be accepted in a job, we have to understand the manual book, standard operation procedur and any other things to make sure the machine can life well. Of course we can destroy the machine, but I bet you will get fired or lost some opportunity. Even we serve our handphone with pulse every month!!! Only for several numbers in the activation card or electric code.

Well, welcome to the data world, anyway…

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