Office machine mania: The paradox that limits productivity

In the Roaring Twenties, standardization and mass production were the disruptive business models. Automation transformed the production of cars, sewing machines and bicycles. It was implemented with a revolutionary approach — industrialization — that seems ridiculously obvious today: First simplify, then standardize and only then automate the work. Industrialization succeeded wildly in manufacturing and distribution, delivering the greatest surge in productivity and economic wealth t