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Computers and Automation Scare of the 1950s

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Uploaded by on Aug 12, 2007

During the 1950s and early 1960s, there was fear that new technology - particularly the mainframe computers that were being introduced into business - would cause large-scale unemployment. As this clip shows, the fear was not confined to factory workers but also affected white-collar employees.

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