Man vs Robot

Today I read another article on fast food workers being replaced by robots, now and in the future.  What I want to know is why the word man is in manufacture? When you take the word man out of manufacture what your are left with is ufacture or the alternative, robofacture. The word origin as noted in the definition, is manu factum ‘made by hand’…with this new trend, I’m just not sure who, or what hands.

Made by hand indicates thoughtfulness goes into the making.  I’ve written about the need to stay close to nature, and close to your food to impart loving attention—which in turn gives taste satisfaction and nurturing nutrition. In so many ways, including GMO and all the additives that go into production prepared food—eliminating the man, or woman from the prep and prepare stage may be good for the bottom line, but not good for the soul. Consumption is not communion. You can’t eat money.

Also in the definition is the notation—the production of a natural substance by a living thing.

Note: I realize some things must be manufactured, but food is so essential to our well-being and as you look around do you see a disturbing trend? People who act more like robots than humans?

manufacture

noun

the making of articles on a large scale using machinery : the manufacture of armored vehicles.

• [with adj. ] a specified branch of industry : the porcelain manufacture for which France became justly renowned.

• the production of a natural substance by a living thing : the genetic blueprint for the manufacture of a protein.

• ( manufactures) manufactured goods or articles : exports and imports of manufactures.

verb [ trans. ]

1 make (something) on a large scale using machinery : a company that manufactured paint-by-number sets | [as adj. ] ( manufacturing) a manufacturing company.

• (of a living thing) produce (a substance) naturally.

• make or produce (something abstract) in a merely mechanical way : [as adj. ] ( manufactured) manufactured love songs.

2 invent or fabricate (evidence or a story) : the tabloid industry that manufactures epochal discoveries out of thin air.

DERIVATIVES

manufacturability |-?fak ch ?r?'bil?te| noun

manufacturable adjective

manufacturer noun

ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’ ), from Italian manifattura. Sense 1 dates from the early 17th cent.

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