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{{a|devil|}}{{quote|The [[Graeber paradox]]: ''If I fix broken processes, machines will do everything, and I will be out of a job. If I don’t, nothing will work properly, and I could be out of a job.''}} | {{a|devil|}}{{quote|The [[Graeber paradox]]: ''If I fix broken processes, machines will do everything, and I will be out of a job. If I don’t, nothing will work properly, and I could be out of a job.''}} | ||
{{d|Redundancy|/rɪˈdʌndənsi/|n|}}<br> | |||
1. To be perceived to burn more energy than one generates. | |||
===The fear of | 2. To be perceived to generate less energy than an available alternative (especially a [[chatbot]] or a [[school-leaver from Bucharest]]. | ||
===The fear of redundancy=== | |||
Hands up who has not had these misgivings: | Hands up who has not had these misgivings: | ||
*“If I take on this project, and it fails, I won’t have my old job to go back to and I will be [[out of a job]].” | *“If I take on this project, and it fails, I won’t have my old job to go back to and I will be [[out of a job]].” | ||
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*“I fear they are going to outsource my role and I will be [[out of a job]].” | *“I fear they are going to outsource my role and I will be [[out of a job]].” | ||
*“The machines are coming, and we will soon be [[out of a job]]. But I will hang on as long as I can, and hopefully see out to retirement.” | *“The machines are coming, and we will soon be [[out of a job]]. But I will hang on as long as I can, and hopefully see out to retirement.” | ||
On the other hand, who has not felt the following: | On the other hand, who has not felt the following: | ||
*This process is ludicrous. It adds no value. It wastes everybody’s time, and creates hours of unnecessary paperwork. While we waste our time on this, something genuinely serious could blow up, we will be blamed because we didn’t anticipate it, and we’ll all be [[out of a job]]. But there are too many vested interests for it to ever change. | *This process is ludicrous. It adds no value. It wastes everybody’s time, and creates hours of unnecessary paperwork. While we waste our time on this, something genuinely serious could blow up, we will be blamed because we didn’t anticipate it, and we’ll all be [[out of a job]]. But there are too many vested interests for it to ever change. | ||
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{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*{{br|Bullshit Jobs: A Theory}} | *{{br|Bullshit Jobs: A Theory}} | ||
*[[ | *[[Technological redundancy]] | ||
*[[Outsourcing]] | *[[Outsourcing]] | ||
*[[Get your coat]] | |||
*[[Profound ontological uncertainty]] | |||
*[[Wieselspiele]] | |||
*[[service catalog]] | |||
{{c|Paradox}} | {{c|Paradox}} | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||