The real question is, are there any examples of companies achieving what Amazon is achieving at its scale, *without* employing these techniques? And if so what are they doing differently?
I think the closest you’ll get is Costco, but obviously their distribution model isn’t super comparable. (They do have some similarities though, especially in how they make a lot of their profit from a yearly subscription)
That’s not the the real question. The real question is “what is the maximum amount of productivity that our culture will accept beyond which it considers the burden inhumane?”
For example, in antiquity, slavery was acceptable.
Even more recently, Taylorism. I mean, yeah, it's good for robots but not for people.
When people design systems they should consider the humanity of such systems despite the issue of people knowingly and maliciously short-circuiting things.
NineStarPoint|3 years ago
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politician|3 years ago
For example, in antiquity, slavery was acceptable.
mc32|3 years ago
When people design systems they should consider the humanity of such systems despite the issue of people knowingly and maliciously short-circuiting things.
phantomathkg|3 years ago
giraffe_lady|3 years ago