As James Scott pointed out, Taylorism was invented to minimize worker discretion and reliance on the worker's distributed knowledge -- even at the cost of reduced efficiency.
The reason is that discretion cannot be safely entrusted in someone who knows their interests are directly opposed to yours.
https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/08/the-unaccountability-machine-a-review.html
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