The first commercial computer, UNIVAC I, is installed at the U.S. Census Bureau - 1951
(The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker: Society
makes sweeping judgments about the intelligence of the "common worker."
But consider the lightning-fast calculations required of any waitress;
the complex spatial mathematics of the carpenter; the hairdresser’s
ability to turn a client’s vague description into a real hairdo. Ditto
the skills and brainpower involved in being an electrical worker, a
welder and more. In this impassioned and insightful book, Mike Rose
reveals the intellectual skills that physical labor requires and
assesses the costs—educational, economic and societal—of ignoring them.
Combining the latest research in the cognitive and social sciences with
the voices of working people, Rose offers a brilliant, original
portrait of America at work.)
.'Organize and Take the Big Bag' cartoon by Jon Lynch in the Industrial
Pioneer, June 1925. The cartoon shows boss handing a worker a weekly
wage, only a tiny portion of the total wealth created by his labor
power. ...via Bread and Roses 1912 - 2012 -Mel
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