Keith Hudson wrote:
[snip]
> > This revealed a procedure that is used often to get things done when
> >there is a shortage of properly educated people. You'll recall that during
> >wartime, housewives were recruited to build aircraft. The job was broken
> >down into bite-sized chunks, with each girl doing her part. Then the parts
> >were put together by engineers, until voila - a Spitfire.
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When the war was over, did the skill level norms (along with
the relative integrity of the work process) go back up again,
or was the change permanent -- part of what "our boys" *won*
for themselves, their families and friends, and for posterity?
(As I don't think Darwin said, but he should have:) "Crescit eundo"
(the process grows by feeding on itself).
+\brad mccormick
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