Bezos' biggest legacy could be “Bezosism”, using surveillance, algorithms, and data to supercharge old management systems and squeeze performance out of workers
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jensmithwsj , @mims , @mims , @jathansadowski , @greg_ip , @mims , @gregbensinger , @todd_yancey , and @hypervisible Tweets: Jennifer Smith / @jensmithwsj : “Knowing that if you don't make rate you'll get a warning, triggered by an algorithm, and if it happens often enough your job is in danger, can be a powerful psychological spur to work harder, and possibly to exceed your physical limits.” Via @mims https://www.wsj.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : Here's the thing: It doesn't *have* to be this way. Countries like Germany and Japan incorporate technology into work in ways significantly different from the way we do it in the U.S. Anyway, no easy answers, just The Way We Live Now: https://twitter.com/... /fin Christopher Mims / @mims : A brief thread on why the world is wealthier than ever but countless Americans (and people all over the world) haven't reaped the benefits of this increase in wealth. Spoiler: It's not just about wages. 1/n https://www.wsj.com/... Jathan Sadowski / @jathansadowski : Even the Wall Street Journal can't ignore what's glaringly true. https://www.wsj.com/... As I wrote in my book: “We live in the age of Amazon.” And like Fordism before it, “the current period of capitalism might be known as Amazonian.” Greg Ip / @greg_ip : “Bezosism is diffusing through the world of work, rewriting the source code of the global industrial machine....it could be ... Mr. Bezos' most important legacy.” Read @mims on how Amazon changed the world of work, then order his book. https://www.wsj.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : The Way Amazon Uses Tech to Squeeze Performance Out of Workers Deserves Its Own Name: Bezosism https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/... @gregbensinger : An Amazon worker collapses on the job from over-exertion and the system calls it “time off task” like he was taking a smoke break @mims https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/... Todd Yancey / @todd_yancey : The way Amazon uses tech to squeeze the most possible work out of each and every employee is its own new brand of management: Bezosism. https://www.wsj.com/... Hypervisible Dot Pdf / @hypervisible : “Capitalism” kinda covers it though. https://www.wsj.com/...