Well There‘s Your Problem cover image

Episode 101: Year 2000 Problem

Well There‘s Your Problem

00:00

The Jacquard Weave

In France in the 18th century, clothing with lots of fancy floral pot, fancy floral patterns was in style. This is really hard to weave manually on just an ordinary loom. So Joseph Marie Jacquard realized you could replace the children with punch cards. He put all those children out of work. But on the other hand, he greatly increased the reliability of the loom. It's impossible to say whether this was bad or not. The first luddides.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app