# Time-Oriented Labor **Domain:** Labor History / Temporal Governance **Doc Type:** Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[E. P. Thompson]], [[Task-Oriented Time]], [[Cycle Time]], [[Punch Clock]], [[Schedule and Loop]] ## Definition Time-oriented labor measures work in standardized units of duration purchased or administered independently of task completion. ## Schedule–Loop Context It converts the clock into a governor. Attendance, pace and compensation become comparable signals within an administrative control system. ## Backlinks - [[Schedule and Loop]] - [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]] - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "We really have to worry that there will be a devastating morale problem for us when any work we might do can be done better by machines." > **— Richard Nisbett**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/AI Control/Better Machines Could Destroy the Meaning of Work by Richard Nisbett|Better Machines Could Destroy the Meaning of Work by Richard Nisbett]] > "Plenty of people have lost jobs to computers, though it’s never put that way by the Human Resources flunky who delivers the blow." > **— Gregory Benford**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Risk Debate/Computers Take Jobs Even When Employers Avoid Saying So by Gregory Benford|Computers Take Jobs Even When Employers Avoid Saying So by Gregory Benford]] > "Machines instructed to "educate this recently displaced worker (or young person) the best way possible" will create jobs and possibly inspire the next generation." > **— Joshua Bongard**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Machines Could Educate Displaced Workers by Joshua Bongard|Machines Could Educate Displaced Workers by Joshua Bongard]] > "I worry that, by relying on my map app, I am letting my own brain go feeble." > **— Barbara Strauch**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Risk Debate/Navigation Apps May Be Weakening Our Brains by Barbara Strauch|Navigation Apps May Be Weakening Our Brains by Barbara Strauch]]