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1. The quality of being perceived by [[middle management]] to burn more energy than one generates. | 1. The quality of being perceived by [[middle management]] to burn more energy than one generates. | ||
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===The [[Graeber paradox]]=== | ===The [[Graeber paradox]]=== | ||
{{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.''}} | |||
This is the dilemma of modern professional work. Call it the [[Graeber paradox]].<ref>So named for {{author|David Graeber}}’s book, [[Bullshit Jobs: A Theory]], which once almost got me fired. Long story.</ref> Being but ants on the planet’s face we are, at some stage, doomed. Our mortal frailty will get us in the end. We are damned if we do, damned if we don’t, and since damnation lies at a point up the road, which ever path it takes, we choose not to move forward ''at all''. | This is the dilemma of modern professional work. Call it the [[Graeber paradox]].<ref>So named for {{author|David Graeber}}’s book, [[Bullshit Jobs: A Theory]], which once almost got me fired. Long story.</ref> Being but ants on the planet’s face we are, at some stage, doomed. Our mortal frailty will get us in the end. We are damned if we do, damned if we don’t, and since damnation lies at a point up the road, which ever path it takes, we choose not to move forward ''at all''. | ||