Quotation by

Charles Babbage

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

Knowledge

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Every time people learn something new or invent a new tool, the amount of work they need to do gets reduced. This means progress in knowledge and technology directly helps make tasks easier and faster to complete.

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