https://blog.baifan.site/en/tags/working-class/ Recent content in Working Class on ByF (BaiFan) · Daily Deep Think Hugo -- gohugo.io en blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) CC BY-NC 4.0 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:36:02 +0800 https://blog.baifan.site/en/when-even-death-is-out-of-work/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:00:00 +0800 blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) https://blog.baifan.site/en/when-even-death-is-out-of-work/ <p>The presentation slides at tech keynotes are always immaculate. Bathed in cool hues of cyan and clean white, tailored executives gesture smoothly beneath the spotlights, unveiling high-frame-rate b-roll of six-axis robotic arms dancing across cleanrooms and unmanned shearers cleaving coal seams in the bowels of the earth. The official press releases are draped in immaculate corporate dignity: <em>“Zero-Harm Production,” “Automated Hazard Mitigation,” “Upgrading the Workforce Through Intelligent Infrastructure.”</em></p> <p>Applause ripples through the auditorium. Commentators celebrate a triumph of humanitarian progress: human beings will no longer be crushed under collapsing rock faces, nor will they gamble their marrow against the freezing crosswinds of high-rise scaffolding just to secure their next meal.</p>