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Productivity is relative to whatever we value. That could be building things, making art, making scientific discoveries, or delivering food to people in poverty
by fasterik 4mo ago
Productivity is relative to whatever we value. That could be building things, making art, making scientific discoveries, or delivering food to people in poverty.
Maybe you value non-tangible, non-durable things like experiences. That's great, but it would be weird to tell someone who's devoted their life to X "there's more to life than X." (Replace X with any of the fields mentioned above.)
- brookst 4mo agoAnd experiences absolutely benefit from productivity improvements. AI has helped me plan better trips, find places and activities I had no idea about, better prepare for weather in remote destinations. It’s said that “productivity” is mistakenly connoted as scoped to work.
- Jtarii 4mo agoDestroying all of society in the pursuit of "productivity" would be a negative thing in my opinion.