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The post-1940s were fascinated by the emergence of Organisational Man (and later, his female counterpart), the skilled worker whose skill was purely in being part of such a large system, understanding and working in it, rather than a profession or technical doing-skill, someone dedicated to the Department or company or firm or whatever. Implied in that is that the organisation is loyal in return; that’s not a notable feature of firms nowadays. To put it mildy.

The thing people observe around the world is that things aren’t working as well in common, even though our technology is advancing. Seems to me it’s not a tech problem, it’s a loyalty problem, and the emergence of the ideology of ‘hacking’ (improvising, making-do, overcoming) is our response