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Reminds of Heinrich Böll's wonderful anecdote concerning the lowering of productivity. [1,2] I would recommend anyone reading this comment to check it out. It's
by dangom 8y ago
Reminds of Heinrich Böll's wonderful anecdote concerning the lowering of productivity. [1,2]
I would recommend anyone reading this comment to check it out. It's an entertaining and enlightening short story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbeitsmoral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbei...
https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/media/_migrated/content_uploads/Translating_Heinrich_Boell.pdf https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/media/_migrated/content_upload...
- dang 8y agoThat story is much better known in English as the parable of the Mexican fisherman. In fact, it gets repeated in self-help and business circles so often that it has become a cliché. But I had no idea that it was taken from Heinrich Böll, and I'm sure few of the people repeating it do either! https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mexican%20fisherman&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mexican%20fisherman&sort=byDat...