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It’s a subjective interpretation that strikes me as fairly strained. It’s clear that Cal Newport would not advocate that, and I highly doubt would support what
by etrautmann 3y ago
It’s a subjective interpretation that strikes me as fairly strained. It’s clear that Cal Newport would not advocate that, and I highly doubt would support what the author has written. There’s a difference between work that someone else has to do and work that nobody has to do, and I believe Cal was advocating for dropping BS work that nobody needs to do. This may even include entire committees, etc.
- maxbond 3y agoMaybe so, I'm not familiar with Newport, but very few people would advocate for externalizing your costs on to others. I'll take it as a given that Newport wasn't advocating for that (or rather, that Newport would not himself characterize it that way). But I think the argument is that that is the outcome (rather than the intent), even if the task that gets pushed onto others doesn't need to exist. (And this is a different claim than that the author is essentially jumping at shadows, which is fine, I think it's a reasonable take, but that's what I was originally responding to.)