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Moving Towards the Future
As the machine tools become increasingly automated, human labor is susceptible, and the position of the manager as tool is reinforced as they are as susceptible to replacement as all other human tools.
Much of the initial replacement of human tools by machine tools, however, is largely not yet a replacement but a shift towards more service-oriented work.
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Introducing the Machines
- As technological mechanization increased, a cobbler for example is now able to complete the total project faster and still retains direct control of the entire process.
- The new tools and machinery of the industrial revolution made production possible at vastly grander scales. I...
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Taking Time For Granted
Put simply, the last few hundred years have been an anomaly in the history of working humans.
It’s vital to explore the past, present, and future of work shifting from humans to machines, how it has impacted our view of time, and take a glimpse into our future.
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Before the Machines
In a world before the industrial revolution, work primarily functioned under "Task-Oriented" time.
The task-oriented approach to time essentially sees time through the lens of the natural work rhythms of the tasks the individual is attending to.
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Working With Machines
At this phase, the humans and machines work together side by side as tools in a large and distributed production process of specialized tasks. Neither the machine nor the human directly owns their time but must bow to the demands of coordination.
Put another way, humans are now simply...
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The Present
Humans now undertake work largely as tools within much larger projects/tasks and are working side by side with machines, under the schedule, virtually everywhere. I’m not lamenting scheduling. Coordination can make wonderful things possible. It is, however, important to understand how the massive...
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The Future
There is no reason to believe that human labor will somehow prevail as machine labor becomes more efficient, effective, and cheaper. It’s not the machines that are driving the take-over, it’s simply profit-maximizing decisions by the company owners.
Leaping all of the ways into science fict...
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The circle of life provides a foundational reference point of awareness for embarking on any healing journey. The challenging aspect of using it as a tool is that we must allow yourself to feel everything—but only as we can tolerate it. Allowing ourself to feel anxious i...
Recognizing the unintended consequences of technology
The more we try to control our tools, the more they can make it worse.
- Before the Industrial Revolution, technology was a tool that served as an extension of the user. In a complex system, the machine is more than a device. It needs parts that interact in unexpected and unwanted way...
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