Seems like he's advocating little more than "critically examine your behavior and forgo following stupid conventions if you deem them stupid". He's just giving

Seems like he's advocating little more than "critically examine your behavior and forgo following stupid conventions if you deem them stupid". He's just giving concrete examples to make easier the connection to what that actually would mean in practice. There are smarter-than-average people working at Tesla; they will figure out what is useless and what can be reasonably applied as productivity measure. They just need to be reminded to consider these things every once in a while, like the rest of us.