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On a meaningless task under laboratory conditions. Maybe mindfulness just gave them some perspective on how pointless it was. I don't see how this is relevant
by cimmanom 8y ago
On a meaningless task under laboratory conditions. Maybe mindfulness just gave them some perspective on how pointless it was.
I don't see how this is relevant to the real workplace where stress can be paralyzing and burnout is a greater threat to productivity and motivation than being chill is.
- rfugger 8y agoFair point, but meaninglessness of one's job can be quite demotivating too if you're paying attention to the bigger picture.
- Karrot_Kream 8y agoI'm not sure if I was supposed to laugh at that, but I did.
- fny 8y ago> Maybe mindfulness just gave them some perspective on how pointless it was. "One hundred and one Amazon Mechanical Turk workers whose location was set to the United States took part in exchange for $1.35 each."
- cimmanom 8y agoOh, better: under uncontrolled conditions where it was impossible to tell whether anyone actually meditated and there's likely to be some self-selection bias.