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{{def|Tedium|/ˈtiːdɪəm/|n|[[File:Nerf.gif|450px|frameless|center]]}}
{{a|work|{{image|Nerf|gif|Can you review this NDA please}} }}{{d|Tedium|/ˈtiːdɪəm/|n|}}<br>1. The state of being [[tedious]]; a [[noun]] ''so'' dull that dictionaries regularly define it by reference to its [[adjective]].<br>
1. The state of being tedious; a [[noun]] ''so'' dull that dictionaries regularly define it by reference to its [[adjective]].
2. Descriptive of the intellectual content of life in a modern multinational. If you ''don’t'' find it [[tedious]], you are going to be first against the wall when the revolution comes. The revolution, by the way, is most likely to come in the shape of a [[chatbot]] or [[algorithm]] and it won’t waste ammunition on you when you are up against the wall — it is simply there that you will find the hook on which your coat is hanging, which you will be invited to [[Get your coat|get]] as they hand you your [[Iron Mountain box]] and wish you well. You probably won’t even get time for a [[farewell]] [[email]].
2. Descriptive of the intellectual content of life in a modern multinational. If you don’t find it tedium, you are going to be first against the wall when the revolution comes. The revolution, by the way, is most likely to come in the shape of a chatbot, or algorithm and it won’t waste ammunition on you when you are up against the wall — it is simply there that you will find the hook on which your coat is hanging, which you will be invited to [[Get your coat|get]] as they hand you your [[Iron Mountain box]] and wish you well. You probably won’t even get time for a [[farewell]] [[email]].


===A short, [[tedious]] history.===
===A short, [[tedious]] history.===
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''Speak'' to your [[slide]]s: ''don’t just read the godforsaken things out''.
''Speak'' to your [[slide]]s: ''don’t just read the godforsaken things out''.
===The [[third law of worker entropy]]===
{{third law of worker entropy}}
If an activity is 25% tedious it is 25% wasteful.


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