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[โ€“] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I bet someone has this kind of measurement where a lot of manual labour is needed.

[โ€“] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Frederick Taylor did an exact study on this sort of thing for multiple manual tasks back in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

Of course, he also advocated for higher wages and shorter working hours for those who were capable of accomplishing more, but that part gets conveniently forgotten about ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In that case I am worth 10 manpower peak, and sustained 3 manpower. Depending on the activity. With the right honey I can exceed those levels

Are you a bear per chance?