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> "Sterile cast of workers" probably requires the least explanation of the metaphorical equivalents here. I mean, I disagree. Can you explain? Human workers ar
by kaashif 4y ago
> "Sterile cast of workers" probably requires the least explanation of the metaphorical equivalents here.
I mean, I disagree. Can you explain? Human workers aren't sterile, even if fertility rates aren't all that high.
- atomicnumber3 4y agoI think he must mean in an economic or social capacity. An individual worker, alone, has essentially zero meaningful leverage compared to the CEO/queen. So sterility here means autonomy or agency or power.
- ineedasername 4y agoThey are sterile within the organization of a corporate superorganism. They cannot create more employees. The desire to obtain more employees for the superorganism is derived from a complex set of signals that propagates throughout the organization. Edit: Also unless employees are having sex and making the babies sort mail or fight off corporate raiders then the metaphorical aspects still hold.