“How’s it going?” “Busy busy busy”. How busy one is has become a symbol of worth and even pride. The thought goes like this: if you’re not busy then you’re not utilized. If you’re not utilized then you’re wasting your time. If you’re wasting your time then the money you’re making is also being wasted. If money is being wasted then why not spend this money somewhere else? So maybe we only need half of you so you’re 100% utilized therefore more efficient. And of course we all want to be efficient? How can you possibly argue against being less efficient because that would imply you’re less productive? Thus you have to be busy. Busy busy busy. You must be utilized because we have conflated utilization with efficiency and worse, productivity.
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“How’s it going?” “Busy busy busy”. How busy one is has become a symbol of worth and even pride. The thought goes like this: if you’re not busy then you’re not utilized. If you’re not utilized then you’re wasting your time. If you’re wasting your time then the money you’re making is also being wasted. If money is being wasted then why not spend this money somewhere else? So maybe we only need half of you so you’re 100% utilized therefore more efficient. And of course we all want to be efficient? How can you possibly argue against being less efficient because that would imply you’re less productive? Thus you have to be busy. Busy busy busy. You must be utilized because we have conflated utilization with efficiency and worse, productivity.