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> #ForcesOfProduction.. details the.. developments, using historical records to test various hypotheses about why #CNC was eventually victorious while the #RecordPlaybackMachine more favorable to ordinary workers was rejected What, he asks, was decisive in the outcome? Was it the quest for precision, efficiency, flexibility, or even profitability for the corporation?
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