When electricity first entered factories, its immediate attraction was obvious: it could power machinery that had previously depended on steam. Its larger significance took longer to emerge. Once machines no longer had to be arranged around a central source of mechanical power, the factory itself could be organised differently.
When electricity first entered factories, its immediate attraction was obvious: it could power machinery that had previously depended on steam. Its larger significance took longer to emerge. Once machines no longer had to be arranged around a central source of mechanical power, the factory itself could be organised differently.
It took me a few days to start unwinding from the grindingly busy work routine that has come to define my world for many years. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been very good at maintaining the mental and emotional boundaries between work and other aspects of life.
