Sunday, November 28, 2021

Review: Work and Its Discontents: The Cult of Efficiency in America

Work and Its Discontents: The Cult of Efficiency in America Work and Its Discontents: The Cult of Efficiency in America by Daniel Bell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a collection of essays on topics related to work. Mostly. they rail against time studies and other efficiency ploys in assembly line contexts. This was 1956. He would like to see work decentralized from factories and lowered in the priority of a fulfilled life.

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