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> the automation of white collar work (often via the computer!) began in the 1960s.

The Lyons Electronic Office would beg to disagree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)

The first business application to be run on LEO was Bakery Valuations, which computed the costs of ingredients used in bread and cakes [and] LEO took over Bakery Valuations calculations completely on 29–30 November 1951



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