But seriously, who approved posting that (before it was deleted)?
At what point does demanding top efficiency from a human every minute of every work shift cross the line into abuse? I would argue this tool is miles over that that line.
Workplaces should server the workers too, not just the capital interests of the owners.
Minimizing human value leads to greater dividends to the only parties that ultimately matter - execs and shareholders.
Dodge vs Ford has safeguarded these parasitic behaviors for over a century.
ref: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...
The case, Dodge v. Ford Motor Company, was about minority shareholders' ability to challenge the authority of the board of directors to make business decisions that were alleged to be serving interests other than maximizing the value of plaintiffs' shares.Instead it looks like the next abstract evolution of a whip.
Well in a void, yes, but in reality, no: You pay prices to acquire things. Occasionally we increase efficiency with no downsides aside from investment cost or complexity, but much more commonly at least part of the price paid is increased pressure on those at the bottom (lower wages, unemployment, time, stress, dignity, etc etc).
It's worse than this, the product designers are marketing to the manufacturers that place the least possible value on the things that allow it to exist - workers and society.
At Optifye, I am using my expertise in computer vision to solve a manufacturing company owner's biggest problem: low labor productivity!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2011/10/21/disne...