Kevin Carson on Nostr: As James Scott pointed out, Taylorism was invented to minimize worker discretion and ...

As James Scott pointed out, Taylorism was invented to minimize worker discretion and reliance on the worker's distributed knowledge -- even at the cost of reduced efficiency.
The reason is that discretion cannot be safely entrusted in someone who knows their interests are directly opposed to yours.
https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/08/the-unaccountability-machine-a-review.html