For Adams, the Taylorist view of the world was not only altering the fabric of society, it was altering the way people viewed themselves and one another, the way they determined their priorities, the way they defined the meaning of success. As averagarianism reshaped the educational system and workplace, the American dream came to signify less about personal fulfillment and more about the notion that even the lowliest of citizens could climb to the topmost rungs of the economic ladder.
Adams v Taylor
