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Not so long ago, people had secretaries. In fact, my father had a secretary and it wasn't unusual at the time, and he wasn't paid any more than me. I'm not suggesting we bring back secretaries.

There's surely an opportunity here for a start-up with an AI background to analyze what I'm doing at any moment in time and ...

(a) track what I'm doing

(b) help me (intelligently, not clippy)

(c) schedule my time

(d) suggest improvements (it's time for your run!)

This would have to be private software under my control, but if I give you that, you are free to look at everything I do (type, view), use the webcam to see what I'm doing, even follow my cellphone around.




Not so long ago, people had secretaries. In fact, my father had a secretary and it wasn't unusual at the time, and he wasn't paid any more than me

Women were not able to avail of all the job opportunities they are now, so their labour was cheap. Now they have better job prospects.


Nah, I'd say it has more to do with MS Office eliminating the need for typists in 1990 and companies replacing the personnel cost with a smaller licensing cost.

I have a secretary. She is an awesome resource that helps my whole team get more done. Typically, they are folks with humanities degrees who don't want to teach. Where I am, they tend to last about 3-4 years, than transition to project management type roles. They excel there, because after a couple of years tracking down stuff.




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