One of my favorite optimization examples from Ford’s autobiography is a step-by-step overview of how he turned a 20-minute assembly job into a 5-minute one (a 4x improvement)
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I tried to summarize a 30 minute article on Taylor, Ford & The Productivity Experiment on medium in 10 minutes. I found the article very fascinating, so why not post it on Deepstash?
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The ‘Always-On-Work’ culture makes the people's identity tied to their job and there is an unspoken belief that every minute of one’s lives must be commodified and turned into profit or self-improvement.
Most youngsters carry this impulse to optimize every minute of their lives.
"He was sent to prison. But the observation 'he has suffered evil', is an addition coming from you" - Epictetus
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