Notes
okay, apparently the choice is between posting random/cryptic notes that don’t seem to have a defined context, or not posting at all. Since I said this blog is a process of thinking in public, will go with the former:
Let’s look at this another way. Jaques and Cason define work as; “the exercise of judgment and discretion in making the decisions necessary to solve and overcome the problems that arise in the course of carrying out tasks (5).” This is a non-trivial definition. If we no longer need to exercise judgment and discretion we can mechanize or computerize things and maybe automate them as well. This is where Ohno’s “autonomation” comes in – and remember Ohno’s initial context was automated silk spinning and weaving, way before any form of electronic control – machines replace the judgment and discretion that was once the exclusive domain of people. And why would we want to maintain such exclusivity if we can off-load it for more humanistically rewarding endeavors? Link
