The last time my family was replaced by technology
The last time my family was replaced by technologyMy great-great-grandfather thought he’d be replaced by technology too.He was a farrier in Mandres-en-Barrois, the small village in rural France where I grew up. Then he saw a car drive through the next town over, or read an article about it in the paper. I can’t tell what exactly happened in his mind at that moment, but soon after, he became a mechanic, like every man in the family after him.In the end, and maybe after a long stretch of grief at trading his horses for engine grease, he kept his purpose: helping people get around.
- ▪The last time my family was replaced by technologyMy great-great-grandfather thought he’d be replaced by technology too.He was a farrier in Mandres-en-Barrois, the small village in rural France where I grew up.
- ▪Then he saw a car drive through the next town over, or read an article about it in the paper.
- ▪I can’t tell what exactly happened in his mind at that moment, but soon after, he became a mechanic, like every man in the family after him.In the end, and maybe after a long stretch of grief at trading his horses for engine grease, he kept
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| Original publisher | Darcemont |
| Canonical URL | https://manuel.darcemont.fr/posts/the-last-time-my-family-was-replaced-by-technology/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:06:11 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-30T13:37:01.472Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-30T13:37:01.472Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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The last time my family was replaced by technologyMy great-great-grandfather thought he’d be replaced by technology too.He was a farrier in Mandres-en-Barrois, the small village in rural France where I grew up. Shoeing horses, repairing farmers’ carts. Then he saw a car drive through the next town over, or read an article about it in the paper. I can’t tell what exactly happened in his mind at that moment, but soon after, he became a mechanic, like every man in the family after him.In the end, and maybe after a long stretch of grief at trading his horses for engine grease, he kept his purpose: helping people get around.
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