When We Think About Labor, We Usually

We Have Very Strong Intuitions About All Kinds Of Things — Our Own Ability, How The Economy Works, How We Should Pay School Teachers. But Unless We Start Testing Those Intuitions, We’re Not Going To Do Better.

...[d]ivision Of Labor, In My Mind, Is One Of The Dangers Of Work-based Technology. Modern It Infrastructure Allows Us To Break Projects Into Very Small, Discrete Parts And Assign Each Person To Do Only One Of The Many Parts. In So Doing, Companies Run The Risk Of Taking Away Employees' Sense Of The Big Picture, Purpose, And Sense Of Completion.

That When Given The Opportunity, Many Honest People Will Cheat.

Companies, However Unintentionally, Choke The Motivation Out Of Their Employees.

Thinking Is Difficult And Sometimes Unpleasant.