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deskilling

Removing the need for individual skill as part of an operation. Technology has continually deskilled operations, from the advent of the production line, through to computerization of the service industries. Experienced insurance underwriters, for example, were once required to analyse risks and decide on premiums for all forms of insurance. Today, in many classes of insurance, computers calculate premiums on the basis of input data.



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"Slideshow": Baltimore Museum of Art by Demos, T.J. / Artforum International
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