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>What we don’t need is a bunch of people wondering why we’re being less productive in the workplace as if the answer weren’t right in front of them. Honestly,

>What we don’t need is a bunch of people wondering why we’re being less productive in the workplace as if the answer weren’t right in front of them. Honestly, all of the 'productivity is down' and 'quiet quitting' PR spin articles from everyone from Fox to CNN to NPR have made me realize that either the people who have wealth and control media are completely disconnected from my reality, or, are absolute sociopaths. Legitimately, everyone in my life is exhausted. They're exhausted by covid, inflation, war, politics, violence, whatever it is. They're exhausted. It's all too much, and it's all running together. I believe we are on the edge of a massive social upheaval. No idea what will happen or what will set it off, but I do believe that.

conductr 4y ago
I think it's more that we ignore common sense a lot as a society and only believe things that are empirically backed by data and have been published in a journal somewhere with reproducible results that can be cited. This is essentially the "no shit" answer from the author. I would be lying if I said it wasn't also my initial thought to the productivity news when I read the headline recently.
pyrolistical 4y ago
> either the people who have wealth and control media are completely disconnected from my reality, or, are absolute sociopaths Why not both?
dfxm12 4y ago
the people who have wealth and control media are completely disconnected from my reality, or, are absolute sociopaths. This is a response to an article in the Washington Post (that was discussed earlier here): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33405389 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33405389 The Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos. It's clear what's going on here. The corporate backed media is trying to convince Americans that their compatriots are lazy, quelling support for expanded workers' rights/compensation. That this is happening so close to an election may not be a coincidence. In my neck of the woods, I see ads in support of candidates who label their opponents' supporters as lazy & unwilling to work.
kjkjadksj 4y ago
We are too exhausted and disconnected from eachother in real life to organize a revolution. This is by design.

conductr 4y ago

I think it's more that we ignore common sense a lot as a society and only believe things that are empirically backed by data and have been published in a journal somewhere with reproducible results that can be cited. This is essentially the "no shit" answer from the author. I would be lying if I said it wasn't also my initial thought to the productivity news when I read the headline recently.

pyrolistical 4y ago

> either the people who have wealth and control media are completely disconnected from my reality, or, are absolute sociopaths Why not both?

dfxm12 4y ago

the people who have wealth and control media are completely disconnected from my reality, or, are absolute sociopaths. This is a response to an article in the Washington Post (that was discussed earlier here): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33405389 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33405389 The Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos. It's clear what's going on here. The corporate backed media is trying to convince Americans that their compatriots are lazy, quelling support for expanded workers' rights/compensation. That this is happening so close to an election may not be a coincidence. In my neck of the woods, I see ads in support of candidates who label their opponents' supporters as lazy & unwilling to work.

kjkjadksj 4y ago

We are too exhausted and disconnected from eachother in real life to organize a revolution. This is by design.