> The only thing different about knowledge work is that you're not producing a commodity. That’s a categorical difference. Not some minor detail. It’s also n

> The only thing different about knowledge work is that you're not producing a commodity. That’s a categorical difference. Not some minor detail. It’s also not the only difference. Knowledge workers contributions are necessarily much more interdependent than the contributions of people who make commodities. But see that if you think of knowledge work as little different from manufacturing commodities, your arguments and conclusions makes sense. I just think your assumptions about the similarities are not correct.