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{{def|Tedium|/ˈtiːdɪəm/|n|[[File:Nerf.gif|450px|frameless|center]]}}1. The state of being [[tedious]]; a [[noun]] ''so'' dull that dictionaries regularly define it by reference to its [[adjective]].<br>
{{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>
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 [[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]].


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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]]===
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If an activity is 25% tedious it is 25% wasteful.


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