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Heaps of data about their activities within a work-space are gathered, while their cognitive contribution is reduced.
設(shè)備可以收集眾多員工在工作場(chǎng)所的活動(dòng)數(shù)據(jù)，但員工的認(rèn)知貢獻(xiàn)也會(huì)減少。
In both ways, such technologies pave the way for automation, much as the introduction of regimentation and discipline in factories facilitated the replacement of humans by machines.
這類(lèi)技術(shù)為自動(dòng)化鋪平了道路，正如在工廠(chǎng)中引入嚴(yán)格管理和紀(jì)律制度促進(jìn)了人工被機(jī)器取代的進(jìn)程。
The potential for automation increases the power of firms over workers.
自動(dòng)化的潛能會(huì)使得企業(yè)權(quán)力高于員工。
Anyone thinking of demanding higher pay, or of joining a union in the hope of organising to grab a share of the returns to increased efficiency, can be cowed with the threat of robots.
那些想要加薪，或加入工會(huì)以試圖分得企業(yè)利潤(rùn)一杯羹的員工，會(huì)因?yàn)闄C(jī)器人的威脅而打退堂鼓。
Who watches the watch, man
誰(shuí)還看鐘點(diǎn)
White-collar workers are not spared oppressive bosses.
白領(lǐng)也無(wú)法逃脫老板的壓迫。
Indeed, as the New York Times reported in 2015, Amazon has experimented with data-driven management techniques known to drive some white-collar workers to tears.
事實(shí)上，2015年《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的一篇報(bào)道稱(chēng)，亞馬遜推行基于數(shù)據(jù)的管理方法，據(jù)說(shuō)這讓很多白領(lǐng)苦不堪言，痛哭流淚。
(Others, though, told the Times that they thrived at Amazon, “because it pushed them past what they thought were their limits”.)
（但其他人告訴《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》說(shuō)，他們能從容應(yīng)對(duì)，“因?yàn)閬嗰R遜推動(dòng)他們打破了自己的極限”。）
The high pay of workers with exacting jobs in finance or technology can reasonably be seen as compensation for their burdensome working conditions.
金融業(yè)或科技界的員工工作艱難苛刻，收入也高，這可以看成是他們繁重工作的合理補(bǔ)償。
And unhappy professionals can usually find less oppressive work that pays a lower but still decent wage.
工作不開(kāi)心的職員常常可以找一份不那么壓抑的工作，雖然工資相對(duì)較少卻還過(guò)得去。
As Amazon and other firms embrace new tools to monitor and direct their workers,
隨著亞馬遜等企業(yè)使用新工具來(lái)監(jiān)督和指導(dǎo)員工，
the difference between progress and dystopia comes down to whether workers feel comfortable demanding raises,
員工是感覺(jué)自己在進(jìn)步還是身處地獄，這就取決于他們能否輕松地要求加薪，
and whether they can quit without fear of serious hardship.
能否隨性地辭職且不用擔(dān)心辭職后的困境。
Indeed, firms could ponder such matters them-selves before the inevitable backlash.
事實(shí)上，在引起不可避免的強(qiáng)烈反應(yīng)之前，企業(yè)可以對(duì)這些問(wèn)題深入思考一番。
譯文來(lái)源余興宇
