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This is innate knowledge that is finally being verified by science -- eliminating distractions is as much about removing the need to filter as it is about creat
by artsyca 7y ago
This is innate knowledge that is finally being verified by science -- eliminating distractions is as much about removing the need to filter as it is about creating the circumstances for increasing concentration
For precisely this reason I am such a stickler for proper professional dress: I find printed T's and athleisure utterly annoying and the cost of filtering out my colleagues fashion choices over the long term leads to a huge cognitive load whereas if we could all work within the established paradigm we'd all attain a way better state of flow
Guess we'll have to wait another century for the science to prove what everyone already knew since antiquity before anyone in the tech industry deigns to wear adult clothes - apologies for the dig but I have points to burn and a desire to be validated as counterculture
- rndmio 7y agoIf everyone else seems to be doing fine and only you have the problem maybe you should look a little closer to home to find a resolution.
- artsyca 7y agoEveryone's struggling without knowing it, look at society as a whole and the planet earth, it was the best of times and the worst of times That line of reasoning doesn't work on a 10x programmer like myself, I'm above the mere mortals. Save it for the likes of Adam Neumann
- artsyca 7y agoThis is exactly the reason why our industry suffers from gross diversity problems -- everyone who 'fits in' telling everyone else it's their fault for not fitting in -- oh sweet irony of ironies bring on the downvotes
- CardenB 7y agoYou are literally taking a recent publication about attentional mechanisms in the brain and hijacking them to explain why you're annoyed with t-shirts, then turning it into a commentary on society. I think you could use some perspective. This research is not so concrete that the application even makes sense.
- artsyca 7y agoConfirmation Bias! Tell me you never make the evidence fit the facts and not the other way around?
- ozzmotik 7y agoi do that sometimes, but i do my best to acknowledge that im going to be doing so before doing it, rather than after :)
- artsyca 7y agoMy theory is that we've thrown out a large part of our humanity along with the bath water and technology of today is akin to the fire granted us by the mythical Prometheus. We're so busy dancing amongst the flames in our rags we don't notice that it's our humanity burning
- ozzmotik 7y agoi am not entirely disinclined to agree with that statement, at least as far as the uneducated masses go. but there are certainly those that know how to properly wield the fire and work towards the progression of humanity and i think it's somewhat silly to entirely discount them as they are the ones who have gotten us this far.
- artsyca 7y agoYea, they're the ones wearing the puffy vests -> https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/moncler-canada-goose-patagonia-puffer-vest https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/monc...
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- artsyca 7y agoAnd by the way, I'm not the only one suffering, check out this poor guy who permanently deleted his Facebook account by taking a dive off the fourth floor -- https://digg.com/video/qin-chen-facebook-employee-suicide https://digg.com/video/qin-chen-facebook-employee-suicide None of us an island -- it's called interdependence
- Pimpus 7y agoI actually agree. The lack of seriousness in their dress betrays their lack of respect towards their work, and towards themselves.
- artsyca 7y agoYea pimpin'! and those damned fleece vests put my high school religion teachers to shame It all started with some engineers at commodore trying to show how fun loving they were and quickly became a fool's fashion show of kitschy tired old rags
- h2odragon 7y ago>Yea pimpin' Masterful trolling, or epic unawareness.
- artsyca 7y agoDude, I grew up listening to gangsta rap and punk rock -- I always believed we were out to overturn the machine, not become it through fragile sensibilities and asinine perpetual adolescence --
- heavenlyblue 7y ago>> It all started with some engineers at commodore trying to show how fun loving they were and quickly became a fool's fashion show of kitschy tired old rags This just goes on to show how badly you are familiar with fashion. Fleece vests come from the 90s trading floors. The traders would use shirts, then management started to reduce the temperature on the floors to make the traders more efficient. Vest was a great way not to get cold or too hot on the floor. Thus fleece vests are now associated with finance people.
- artsyca 7y agoI'm talking about the original nexus of homebrew computing and gaming that brought us tech fashion, but this is a very interesting tidbit of esoterica I will cherish
- orange8 7y agoWhy stop at professional dress? Every citizen should dress in the exact same attire with a toned down color like grey, so not only lesser distractions to productivity, but cheaper and more efficient manufacturing processes. Same goes for buildings, cars and all other products. Let us just grey everywhere and focused efficiency and productivity.
- artsyca 7y agoThat's the whole point! Tshirt culture effectively leads to that dystopia where everyone wears a jumper -- it's ironic but professional adult dress done right preserves the individuality. I challenge you to see the wisdom inherent in this unpopular opinion
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- artsyca 7y agoThe whole premise of Zuckerberg and his contemporaries wearing the same tshirt every day is precisely to be good worker robots like you describe whereas dressing up ironically gives the finger to the technology industrial complex and frees one to express their own preference Before you 'yea but...' however understand that the trade-off is that we must agree to some form of standardization and effectively it's formal business dress
- artsyca 7y agoAlso, if it's coerced, it won't work either, but at this point tshirt culture is coerced just nobody has really tried going against it -- try wearing a proper shirt and tie as an engineer, people won't even ask if you're going to an interview any more like they used to
- orange8 7y agoHey! Can you not tell when someone is on your side? I said grey collared shirts and ironed trousers for everyone. Grey all things. Good citizens must be allowed to focus on productivity.
- Nasrudith 7y agoDistractions are in the eye of the beholder ironically. Have you considered that /you/ are more of a distraction to them with your obsession with "being adult" to your own expectations - from childhood no less? Just because imposing your prejudices on others makes you have to think less doesn't mean it is a good idea universally.
- artsyca 7y agoYes, I think about it a lot, that's what makes me modest. I have people who's faces I can't remember but their asinine t-shirts are burned into my retinas. Managers who wore the same damned 'Reading Rainbow' tshirt days on end. Fuck you Paul!