An idea from The Wealth of Nations

Dividing work pays off in 3 ways. Each worker gets quicker at one small task. Nobody loses time moving from one job to the next, and someone who does one thing all day often thinks of a machine that could do it.

From The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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