Communal denial of change caused by technology

Communal Denial Of Change Caused by Technology
by Philip Atkinson

^Denial
Whenever an individual faces a crisis, if they survive, they will pass through a gamut of feelings, which include denial— a refusal to accept the truth.

^{History Of Communal Denial}
And naturally what is a characteristic of individuals is also a characteristic of groups and no better example of this communal refusal to accept reality is the military prejudice displayed during the Great War (1914-1918). Despite

The clear example of the American Civil war which demonstrated the fire-power then available to soldiers and its dreadful effect upon exposed troops.
The invention and enhancements of the machine-gun whose performance was common knowledge to all combatants

the initial military tactics that guided the combatants were those developed for fighting with muskets. Deliberately exposing massed attackers to the guns of the defence was pursued despite the obvious, inevitable and futile slaughter. Yet this folly was pursued until the allied armies had nearly exhausted their available manpower. Then, and only then, was consideration given to the notion that frontal assaults across open ground by unprotected soldiers against modern weapons was tantamount to suicide, and another way of mounting attacks had to be found.

^{The Simple Truth That Is Ignored}
Technology has now made mass employment obsolete, this is obvious to anyone who is not blinded by prejudice. Nevertheless our community insists on holding the view that no fundamental change has occurred in employment despite the appearance of computerised systems.

It is uncertain if the community can ever adjust to the truth of human obsolescence.

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