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office feudalism, but the walls are only five feet tall.
means a modular workstation designed to give the illusion of privacy while providing none.
from invented in 1968 by robert propst at herman miller, who called it the action office and meant it to liberate workers with flexible, human-centered space; corporations stripped out everything except the walls, turning liberation into livestock pens.
inventor's regretpropst later called cubicles monolithic insanity.
original intentthree walls, adjustable, for movement and privacy.
height warcompanies shrank walls to fit more desks.
dilbert effectscott adams made them a comedy genre.