Taylorism and Remote Work Surveillance

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A lot of workers who are engaged in labor struggles like the railroad workers earlier this year, their complaint is scheduling. The Taylorism idea has infected people's own way of thinking about time. And that sort of like a focus on using time as efficiently as possible has made like our society really, really brittle in all of us.

Our conception of time is a construct, so why does it have so much power over us? Adam and author Jenny Odell delve into the history of "time" as we know it, and how the popular obsession with trying to make the most of every second is a losing battle. Pick up Jenny's book at factuallypod.com/books

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