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Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Machinery and division of labour make factory work monotonous and reduce the worker to an appendage of the machine Machinery and division of labour makefactory work monotonous and reduce theworker to an appendage of the machine KM Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are Same subject: The division of labour stamps people for life into narrow tasks with no view of the whole — tap to centre the map on it The division of labour stamps peoplefor life into narrow tasks with noview of the whole PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A worker who spends a whole life on a few simple, repetitive tasks generally loses the habit of thinking — tap to centre the map on it A worker who spends a whole life ona few simple, repetitive tasksgenerally loses the habit ofthinking Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every improvement in machinery throws workers out of work and brings want and crime — tap to centre the map on it Every improvement in machinerythrows workers out of work andbrings want and crime FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: All dull, unpleasant and unintellectual labour should be done by machines — tap to centre the map on it All dull, unpleasant andunintellectual labour should be doneby machines OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeding a machine without knowing its purpose deadens a worker's intellectual and moral life — tap to centre the map on it Feeding a machine without knowingits purpose deadens a worker'sintellectual and moral life JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large-scale manufacture created the working class and annihilated the old petty middle class — tap to centre the map on it Large-scale manufacture created theworking class and annihilated theold petty middle class FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Putting young people to work prematurely may be a loss to industry itself, destroying their free labour quality — tap to centre the map on it Putting young people to workprematurely may be a loss toindustry itself, destroying theirfree labour quality JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1906 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once in power, the working class will gradually take all capital and centralise production in the state — tap to centre the map on it Once in power, the working classwill gradually take all capital andcentralise production in the state KM Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it A company must cut half itsengineers to pay for the otherhalf's tokens, and that is what thelayoffs are actually about. Last stated 8 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks. — tap to centre the map on it A home is an asset that is likely toperform poorly exactly when a personneeds it most due to its correlationwith local labor market shocks. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jul 2026 JD Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover. — tap to centre the map on it A labor market stuck in a low-hiringequilibrium will see employmentdecline outright unless hiring ratesrecover. Last stated 10 months ago 11 Jan 2026 JP Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that is uncompromising butalso kind and supportive is the mostfertile ground for creativity. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Machinery and division of labour make factory work monotonous and reduce the worker to an appendage of the machine Last stated c. 1848 Holds Karl MarxFriedrich Engels Read this korrent →