Meet the People (and Robots) Who Pack Your Online Orders

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The writer went for a little too much pathos, in my opinion, and missed the bigger story: DCs are the modern equivalent to the pyramids. An amazing amount of coordinated and precisely measured work goes on there.

There is a great human story here, no doubt, but there's also a great story for hackers. Would have loved to read that one.

I like to think hackers are equally interested in the human story.

I certainly think we could use more interest in the human stories, because a lack of interest is the primary reason for the growing anti-tech backlash.

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