Episode 4
(In)efficiency: Should Efficiency be a Moral Value?
A Conversation with Jennifer Alexander and Tom Hodgkinson
January 5, 202316m 40s
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Show Notes
Efficiency has moved from a technique for measuring machines to a widely held moral value. But at what cost?
Guests
- Jennifer Alexander, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota and author of The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control
- Tom Hodgkinson, founder and editor of The Idler
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