Shoshana Zuboff how the personal computer changes labor practices Harvard Another key aspect of how computers change human activity in the late 20th century is changing forms of labor practices with the rise of computer technology There is really great book by Zuboff called in the age of study machines It shows how people in factories changed their idea about work and their labor practices changed with the influx of computer technology Reads quote she is catching a lot of really important things that happen when people have access to Internet or computer networks What is the most basic thing you have to do Know how to use it Figuring out how to train people to use a computer Just like when film switched from silent to sound A lot of good silent movie actors couldn t hack it in sound movies because they didn t have the right vocal range their voices were annoying they couldn t carry the kind of vocal activity that you needed to be in sound movies So it is the same thing when you put computers in a factory People might not be good at it Another important thing is the broad accessibility of data How could this cause a problem It makes workers less productive Things that were considered private domain before are now public domain This happens all the time Questions of privacy and distribution of different materials across different networks arise
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