I agree with your overall point I think, but I find that people in general just work better when they have some context for their task and its priority/relevanc

I agree with your overall point I think, but I find that people in general just work better when they have some context for their task and its priority/relevance. Absent that, they sometimes -- consciously or not -- decide "this is stupid" and either rush to just check it off or slow-walk it by allowing themselves to be distracted by other things.