This excerpt records Mark Hamilton defining and advocating the "division of essence" as the next-stage evolution of the division of labor. He contrasts historical industrial-era specialization (Henry Ford, assembly line) with a 21st-century need to integrate human thought — the mind or "essence" — into physical work so tasks become mentally integrated, removing limits imposed by narrowly specialized assembly-line roles.
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Now remember, the division of essence is the ultimate evolution of the division of labor. Division of labor was fantastic. It accelerated the industrial revolution. It brought about mass production, starting with Henry Ford in the assembly line and really honing the division of labor down to the very specific movements of driving in the rivets or what have you along the assembly line there. And that was a huge boost to human prosperity. But the division of essence, which I've identified in that product is the next leap. It's the ultimate evolution of the division of labor. And it's what we need in the 21st century in this world where we need to bring our mind, the essence of man, his mind into his job. He can't just continue society, human race, cannot just continue just driving in rivets. We need to now introduce the mind into the physical movement. We need to combine the mind and body. And when you do that, there is no limit as a division of labor. There is a limit to that fellow on the assembly line, but to the person in a.
Job of essence, where it is a job where there is money making purpose, indeed that person has no limit because we bring in the mentally integrating responsibilities along into that movement. It's the ultimate division of labor.
