> The Technophiliacs successfully blamed and disciplined those who dared
> point out anything that might be wrong at at _organizational_ level,
> turning the issue into one of individual personalities that could either
> cope or not, who were either successful and chipper worker bees or were
> not.
Another interesting example of Americanism at its finest. Organizational problems are the fault of the individual, especially individuals who are perceptive enough to complain.
This work culture sounds very similar to librarianship. This business paradigm has been taking over libraries for the past 15 years. I remember dropping my adviser in library school because she was big into the business crap and referred to patrons as "clients." There is also a strong poverty of technophilia in librarianship. I was once kicked off a list for library professionals who wrangle tech in libraries? The reason? I was spending too much time attacking this right wing librarian who was leading the fight to install censorwar in public libraries. The decision to remove me from the list exmplified the apolitical technophilia of librarians. We don't care what the technoogy does, as long as we can find a cool way to implement it. We don't care about censorship, only about which filter is the "most effective." These idiots would chug along with their technophilia until automation eliminated their jobs.
Thanks Kelley!
God I hate work.
Chuck0