The Long March of Process: Efficiency and its Discontents (opens in new tab)

Too many seem to think that in a handful of years, Americans will wake up to a technofuturist version of the 1950s, when Uncle Sam’s rolled sleeves, brawny forearms, and dexterous hands peerlessly delivered the world’s goods. A necessary and uplifting vision to be sure, but let Potter pour cold water on it. After all, the United States had decades of process knowledge to build on when it tooled up for World War II, and what do we have now? Continue reading The Long March of Process: Efficienc...