Except this time around, the residual labor class they leave behind is not people, but computers that replace traditional engineers.

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The residual artisan class could no longer rely on privileged access to an illegible knowledge base and opaque organizational order to protect itself.

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But once science entered the picture, and engineers effectively took control of deep knowledge and forked off a community largely allied with owners of capital, the days of the residual artisan class were numbered.

FORBES: Entrepreneurs are the New Labor: Part I

Sharply honed as my survival skills had become, some residual upper-middle-class indifference to the weather had left me unprepared for winter.

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After 36 months, you have the right, but not the obligation to sell your Model S to Tesla for the same residual value percentage as the iconic Mercedes S Class, one of the finest premium sedans in the world, made by Daimler (also a Tesla partner and investor).

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Every plaintiff in the class had an incentive to maximize the number of plaintiffs in the residual group, while ensuring that they themselves were in the reimbursement group.

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