ABSTRACT
Closely allied with the problems connected with the system of the division of labour is that of machine production. If people decide that the division of labour is a curse, and is the cause alike of the modern unhappiness and the economic servitude of the workers, then it follows that in so far as the use of machinery necessitates this subdivision of function, it can only have evil results. Modern society finds itself at the mercy of such men because men with broader and more humane sympathies naturally shrink from the narrow and sordid life which the control of machinery and the administration of finance involves. It is to be observed that though Fabians and such-like people profess to believe in a glorious future for machinery, they nevertheless prefer to follow occupations not directly connected with it. Modern industry makes no provision for the young. Large-scale machine production, by creating impersonal relationships, has destroyed our sense of responsibility.
