"Prior to the Industrial Revolution farming was a common profession. It was also precarious work. […] unpredictable factors like a single drought or one bad harvest could spell financial ruin and the inability to put food on the table. […] with innovations in mass production food and household items became cheaper and more readily available"
https://education.cfr.org/learn/reading/what-are-causes-and-consequences-industrialization
"[After 1950] it stayed apparent that technological progress was benefiting all sections of society"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_unemployment




