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Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by jacquesm on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:04PM (#16468475)
It says 'to help productivity' which to me sounds like a benefit to the employer more than to the employee, which in turn suggests which way the flow was. That could of course still be wrong.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by ryandrake on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:53PM (#16468865)
This conversation reminds me a little of the Vernor Vinge novel A Deepness In The Sky where the antagonists subjugate their conquered/enslaved foes with chemically-induced “focus” in order to improve their productivity/output. Explored is how this arrangement is not unambiguously good for the employer nor unambiguously bad for the “employee”.
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