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The Black Hole of Labor Turns Evil | Steve Berman

The Black Hole of Labor Turns Evil | Steve Berman


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I’ve been waiting for this exposé for a long time. Someone had to get inside Amazon and dig out the truth, because we’ve all heard how their warehouses are sweat shops, an AI-ruled dystopia where humans have to skip bathroom breaks to meet computer-generated metrics. Computers don’t need to pee. The New York Times finally swung a hammer at the black hole …