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At the outset of modern industry, three generations of workers have invented; now they cease to do so.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgAt the outset of modern industry, three generations of workers have invented; now they cease to do so.
Kropotkin reflects on the decline of innovation among workers over generations in modern industry.
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