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Automation as a social force prompts widespread change
Personal Observations by Claude A. Walker notes automation transforming work across rail, mail, and finance. He cites a Grand Central Time Square shuttle, an Illinois auditor’s inserter, and systems for bookkeeping, forecasting broad job displacement but eventual new opportunities. He imagines future home automated food dispensers and services, urging locals to shop locally as Christmas nears.
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Railroad Journal
Grand Central Station
Time Square
Ilinois
Whitney