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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 150
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
Repetitive labour--the doing of one thing over and over again and always in the same way--is a terrifying prospect to a certain kind of mind. It is terrifying to me. I could not possibly do the same thing day in and day out, but to other minds, perhaps I might say to the majority of minds, repetitive operations hold no terrors. In fact, to some types of mind thought is absolutely appalling. To them the ideal job is one where the creative instinct need not be expressed. The jobs where it is necessary to put in mind as well as muscle have very few takers--we always need men who like a job because it is difficult. The average worker, I am sorry to say, wants a job in which he does not have to put forth much physical exertion--above all, he wants a job in which he does not have to think. Those who have what might be called the creative type of mind and who thoroughly abhor monotony are apt to imagine that all other minds are similarly restless and therefore to extend quite unwanted sympathy to the labouring man who day in and day out performs almost exactly the same operation.
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定位：Additional excerpt 150 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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重复劳动——每天用同样方式做同一件事——对某些人来说是可怕的。福特自己就受不了，他没法日复一日做同样的事。但对另一些人，也许是大多数人，重复操作并不可怕。事实上，有些类型的人对“思考”感到恐惧，他们理想的工作就是不需要发挥创造力的工作。需要动脑又动手的岗位应征者很少，福特总是需要那些因为工作难而喜欢它的人。普通工人想要的是不必费太多体力、尤其是不必动脑的工作。有创造性思维、厌恶单调的人，容易以为别人也这样，于是对流水线工人投以不必要的同情。
上下文
福特在《我的生活与工作》中为流水线辩护，反驳当时知识界对重复劳动的批评。
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你是否曾把自己的工作偏好，当成别人也一定需要的？
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