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That would explain a curious dissonance: these modernising techniques arrive and flourish, while traditional modes of working requiring skill, craftsmanship and tact are outsourced, computerised, right-sized and AI-enhanced — but yet the end product gets no less cumbersome, no faster, no leaner, and no less risky. ''[[Tedium]] remains constant''.<ref>This may be a [[sixteenth law of worker entropy]].</ref> | That would explain a curious dissonance: these modernising techniques arrive and flourish, while traditional modes of working requiring skill, craftsmanship and tact are outsourced, computerised, right-sized and AI-enhanced — but yet the end product gets no less cumbersome, no faster, no leaner, and no less risky. ''[[Tedium]] remains constant''.<ref>This may be a [[sixteenth law of worker entropy]].</ref> | ||
There may be fewer [[subject matter expert]]s around, but there seem to be more [[software-as-a-service]] providers, [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]s, [[COO]]s, [[workstream lead]]s and [[Proverbial school-leaver from Bucharest|itinerant school-leavers in call-centres on the outskirts of Brașov]]. | There may be fewer [[subject matter expert]]s around, but there seem to be more [[software-as-a-service]] providers, [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]s, [[COO]]s, [[workstream lead]]s and [[Proverbial school-leaver from Bucharest|itinerant school-leavers in call-centres on the outskirts of Brașov]].<ref>We present therefore the [[JC]]’s [[sixteenth law of worker entropy]] — the “[[law of conservation of tedium]]”.</ref> | ||
We present therefore the [[JC]]’s [[sixteenth law of worker entropy]] — the “[[law of conservation of tedium]]” | |||
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