What William Morris thinks about innovation

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English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896); author of Signs of Change.

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1 dated position, c. 1883–1888, in their own words. Our reading of what William Morris has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1883–1888

   Our readingUnder the present system labour-saving machines have not cut any worker’s hours

   Their wordsSo I say that, in spite of our inventions, no worker works under the present system an hour the less on account of those labour-saving machines, so-called.

   ↗Signs of Change: Seven Lectures (1888; 1896 edition)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book