Article | REF: AG115 V2

Additive Manufacturing: Revolution or simple societal evolution?

Author: Jean-Claude ANDRÉ

Publication date: July 10, 2022

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4. Manufacturers

For Philippe Cadiou , "another trend in the triumph of capitalism must be emphasized: the alliance with Technology. As science is called upon to reduce or eliminate human costs (to lower the price of manufacturing goods), it responds by developing machines and automation systems. The concentration of enormous financial resources in research and in the robotization of production lines saves human labor". In mass production, the higher the level of performance and profitability of machines, the more work disappears, and the more people are relegated to the sphere of obsolescence, with high levels of unemployment.

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