Chapters on Machinery and LaborGeorge E. Barnett
Chapters on Machinery and Labor
by George E. Barnett · first published 1926
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There's a 90-year old book on this, "Chapters on machinery and labor".[1] This analyzes three industries drastically changed by new machinery - printing, glass bottle making, and stone planing. - Printing was the "good case". Before the Linotype, typesetting was a very…
on “More Robots, Fewer Jobs: capital vs. labor in production” ↗There's a classic book from almost a century ago, "Chapters on Machinery and Labor", which lists the three usual outcomes from mechanization. It's still relevant. The "good case" was typesetting. The introduction of the Linotype enormously increased the volume of material printed and…
on “The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the remote workforce” ↗There's a classic book on this, "Chapters on Machinery and Labor" (1926). [1] They show three cases of what happened when a process was mechanized. The "good case" was the Linotype. Typesetting became cheaper and the number of works printed went up, so printers did…
on “Why I'm not worried about AI job loss” ↗Link: Chapters on Machinery and Labor George E. Barnett https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674280892
on “The growing need for human robot-minders could juice the remote workforce” ↗Re "Jevons Paradox". That doesn't mean employment goes up. There's a little book, "Chapters on Machinery and Labor", from a century ago which outlines three ways this worked out. The "good case" was mechanized typesetting, the Linotype. This produced a huge increase in print shop productivity and a huge increase…
on “The Great Productivity Puzzle” ↗As I've mentioned before, there's a book from 1926, "Chapters on Machinery and Labor", which outlines the three basic cases of what happens when new technology is introduced. Their examples are the Linotype, the glass-bottle blowing machine, and the stone planer. The Linotype was a win…
on “What the Industrial Revolution Tells Us about the Future of Automation” ↗