source of profit as such and a source of confidence. Fordism and Taylorism were part of this movement, as was the development of control over the mass of consumers and over public opinion via marketing and advertising, in charge of extortin…Conversely, slowness has been at the core of another section/level of struggles against Capital. Luddite sabotage should not be interpreted from a traditional marxist perspective as a simple, primitive rebellion by the organized proletariat…
Frederick Winslow Taylor
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Frederick Winslow Taylor pioneered scientific management and time-motion studies in early industrial manufacturing, establishing systems of worker control and efficiency optimization that became foundational to modern labor discipline. The readings invoke Taylorism as a historical antecedent to contemporary algorithmic control and standardization—part of a broader continuum of capitalist rationalization extending from factory floors to digital surveillance and consumer manipulation. His legacy matters here as a genealogical marker for understanding how systematic extraction of value and control over bodies and behavior has evolved from mechanical to computational regimes.
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