fits the thesis of the Who Makes Cents ep about the history of automation post WW2: it does not save labor. it merely dislocates relationships, deprofessionalizes and deskills workers, and is always deployed by capital specifically to attack organized or potentially organizing worker power.
great listen with a very knowledgeable guest:
Jason Resnikoff.
Jason Resnikoff is Assistant Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) where he specializes in labor history and the history of technology. His book, Labor’s End: How the Promise of Automation Degraded Work, explores the ideological origins of automation in the US in the middle of the twentieth century.
fits the thesis of the Who Makes Cents ep about the history of automation post WW2: it does not save labor. it merely dislocates relationships, deprofessionalizes and deskills workers, and is always deployed by capital specifically to attack organized or potentially organizing worker power.
great listen with a very knowledgeable guest: Jason Resnikoff.
https://whomakescents.libsyn.com/jason-resnikoff-on-the-automation-discourse-and-the-meaning-of-work