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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: What can a man invent who is condemned for life to bind together the ends of two threads with the greatest celerity, and…

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What can a man invent who is condemned for life to bind together the ends of two threads with the greatest celerity, and knows nothing beyond making a knot?
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin illustrates the limitations of a worker's creativity when confined to repetitive tasks without broader knowledge.

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