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Purpose
The aim of this paper is to reveal an information dynamic in which technology or dead labour is substituted for living mental labour.
Design/methodology/approach
A comparative historical review of technologies for reproducing written utterances and their relation to living labour.
Findings
A dynamic for mental labour, similar to that for physical labour, is isolated.
Research limitations/implications
The productivity paradox, a central concern of the information systems literature, is dissolved.
Originality/value
The paper is relevant to both information science and information systems. Understanding an information dynamic can enable intervention in that dynamic.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2005
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