Josh's Site (www.joshbeckman.org) 🌸 / home / notes / the-cotton-gin-a-canonical-example-of-automation-perversel The cotton gin, a canonical example of automation, perversely increased the demand for slave labor because it made cotton growing so much more profitable. Josh Beckman Comment via email Filed Under 13.01 Agriculture 14.01 Automation 15.01 Machines A Year of New Avenues 2022, December 12 Edit Legend www.joshbeckman.org/notes/431542858