John Naughton joins the dots between 'boss ware' #office #surveillance of #workers and the logic of scientific management or #taylorism.
In this sense, as is so often the case the new shining #informationsociety is just capitalism enhanced via #technology (which was the central argument of my book The Information Society: a sceptical view, 2002, if you'll forgive the self-publicity!).
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/18/if-you-think-bossware-surveillance-culture-in-the-workplace-is-new-think-again
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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