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The art of making a million identical things so cheaply nobody asks if they should.
means Manufacturing standardized goods in huge quantities using assembly lines, interchangeable parts, and relentless division of labor.
from Crystallized in 1926 when Ford's own company used the phrase in an Encyclopedia Britannica article, though the assembly line predates the name.
Pork debtFord copied disassembly lines from Chicago meatpackers.
Time crashModel T build time fell from 12 hours to 93 minutes.
Color taxAny color, so long as it was black.
Wage shockFord doubled pay to stop workers quitting the monotony.