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By manual worker being the opposite of knowledge worker, do you mean that there exists no work which is non-knowledge and non-manual?– PacerierCommented Apr 8, 2014 at 2:36
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4If you read the Businessweek article I linked to, you'll see that the author of that piece opines that every worker is a knowledge worker. I think I agree. I guess I don't think there's an exact "opposite" for a knowledge worker.– JLGCommented Apr 8, 2014 at 2:44
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1@JLG Commonly, the term implies a certain level of knowledge. The ultimate answer to the question would be a robot, working only based on knowledge of others. Every person has knowledge and applies that to the job.– Henk LangeveldCommented Apr 8, 2014 at 10:56
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1Distinction seems oversimplified. Is an astronaut on an EVA a manual worker or a knowledge worker? I'd argue he or she is both.– gerritCommented Apr 8, 2014 at 14:17
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7One could also argue that a politician is neither.– Roddy of the Frozen PeasCommented Apr 8, 2014 at 16:26
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