“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.”

— Warren Bennis

Warren G. Bennis; As cited in: Mark Fisher (1991) The millionaire's book of quotations. p. 15
1990s

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