I genuinely think that what is being selected for in Current Year white-collar work isn't intelligence or technical ability but the ability to constantly *Galaxy Brain Zoom Out*to such a level of abstraction that intractable failure and irreconcilable differences seem manageable.
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This is the true meaning of "Evidence Based Best Practices yadda yadda yadda"- it's inventing an alternate vocabulary so that the futility of an entire economy mainly of activities as intrinsically useful as an orangutan on a Sit 'n Spin can pass us by as we bathe in TPS reports
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Unfortunately, that is pretty much what I thought you meant. I think
@Steve_Sailer was on to something when he said that in a way, Keynes' 15-hour workweek has actually arrived [for some].1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
In my experience with 9-5 office work, 15 hours of actual work sounds about right.
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i think a lot of higher-up management-style work has always involved a lot of shoveling BS but because of automation everyone has moved one step up the BS-o-Meterhttps://twitter.com/toad_spotted/status/969285652721360897 …
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Spotted Toad @toad_spottedAt higher levels of social hierarchy, the abstraction thru which we experience the world is not upsetting, bc command & control always deals with stylizations, but that same abstraction when applied further down totem pole just gives an impression of meaningless stochastic noise.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Right. Higher-ups start talking lean and agile, mid mgmt starts having to defend their budgets with buzzwords and sell them on unnecessary initiatives to maintain their staff and budget.
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And then employees have to learn to frame their work and professional develop as such for the annual reviews and meetings.
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