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I don't know my history. Are they saying that working in a factory was more fatigue inducing than working on a farm? Or just that working in a factory was fatig

I don't know my history. Are they saying that working in a factory was more fatigue inducing than working on a farm? Or just that working in a factory was fatigue inducing and not comparing it to other ways of living that were common at the time. In any case I'm glad I am fortunate not to work in a factory

bobthepanda 5y ago
The article makes no comparison to any other fields. Factories had pretty tough working conditions full of repetitive, dangerous work, and most of the things that rich world workers take for granted (weekends, an 8-hour week, even minimum amounts of breaks for toilets and lunch) were fought for with blood, sweat and tears. The article argues that the continued drive for ever-increasing productivity encouraged studies to figure out how to make workers less fatigued, in the best scenarios for workers' own benefit and in the worst scenario to try and squeeze them dry.
- XorNot 5y ago
  The beautiful psychology of "this is boring and not that hard... Except if you slip up you'll be greviously injured" Digging a hole is hard work, but it's very difficult to hurt yourself doing it.
  - luckylion 5y ago
    > Digging a hole is hard work, but it's very difficult to hurt yourself doing it. Dying while digging a well is still happening where wells are dug by hand. People have accidents while cleaning their apartments, digging a hole deep enough to hit ground water has lots of dangers.
  - agumonkey 5y ago
    I did hole digging (more like trench picking actually) and it was the most arduous, laborious, straining, exhausting job I ever had to do, bar none. So hard you get to learn a lot of new adjectives. Picking is even an art form, because done badly.. most of the energy will backfire right into your hands and wrists. I was utterly surprised how fine you need to operate that mass to ensure your 8000 hits per day won't destroy you.
  - greggman3 5y ago
    Lots of people get hurt using shovels. I cut my toe off with a shovel as just one example. Shoved the shovel down, bad aim. I knew 3 other kids that got hurt with shovels when I was young. They're a big heavy dull knife. They'll enter skin pretty easily.

bobthepanda 5y ago

The article makes no comparison to any other fields. Factories had pretty tough working conditions full of repetitive, dangerous work, and most of the things that rich world workers take for granted (weekends, an 8-hour week, even minimum amounts of breaks for toilets and lunch) were fought for with blood, sweat and tears. The article argues that the continued drive for ever-increasing productivity encouraged studies to figure out how to make workers less fatigued, in the best scenarios for workers' own benefit and in the worst scenario to try and squeeze them dry.

XorNot 5y ago
The beautiful psychology of "this is boring and not that hard... Except if you slip up you'll be greviously injured" Digging a hole is hard work, but it's very difficult to hurt yourself doing it.
- luckylion 5y ago
  > Digging a hole is hard work, but it's very difficult to hurt yourself doing it. Dying while digging a well is still happening where wells are dug by hand. People have accidents while cleaning their apartments, digging a hole deep enough to hit ground water has lots of dangers.
- agumonkey 5y ago
  I did hole digging (more like trench picking actually) and it was the most arduous, laborious, straining, exhausting job I ever had to do, bar none. So hard you get to learn a lot of new adjectives. Picking is even an art form, because done badly.. most of the energy will backfire right into your hands and wrists. I was utterly surprised how fine you need to operate that mass to ensure your 8000 hits per day won't destroy you.
- greggman3 5y ago
  Lots of people get hurt using shovels. I cut my toe off with a shovel as just one example. Shoved the shovel down, bad aim. I knew 3 other kids that got hurt with shovels when I was young. They're a big heavy dull knife. They'll enter skin pretty easily.