Highlight from Programming Is Mostly Thinking

I am keenly aware that most management still subscribes to the idea that motion is work. They are fairly convinced that a lack of motion is a lack of work. That makes sense in a lawn care service, a factory assembly line, or a warehouse operation.

Nearly all of the visible work done in producing physical goods is motion. People roll steel, stamp, press, mill, pick and place, bolt/screw/rivet, and on.