Re:Congress Is About to Ban the US Government from Offering ...
by dalbasal on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:05AM
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This is one of the more explicit examples where complexity is stealth-deliberately is promoted.
Tyler Cowen (and in his own way, david graeber) made a point that really stuck with me. Badly paraphrased:
The introduction of PCs & software to the office, has not increased office worker productivity at all. It's very hard to define or measure white collar productivity, but to the extent that it can be measured... it hasn't improved. From another angle, university administrations, tax collectors, accountants, legal departments, international customs agencies, etc. have as many or more people and don't seem to be producing a whole lot more.
To paraphrase Graeber's more beligerent take on it: Getting more efficient at paperwork just produces more & more complicated paperwork.
Tyler Cowen (and in his own way, david graeber) made a point that really stuck with me. Badly paraphrased:
The introduction of PCs & software to the office, has not increased office worker productivity at all. It's very hard to define or measure white collar productivity, but to the extent that it can be measured... it hasn't improved. From another angle, university administrations, tax collectors, accountants, legal departments, international customs agencies, etc. have as many or more people and don't seem to be producing a whole lot more.
To paraphrase Graeber's more beligerent take on it: Getting more efficient at paperwork just produces more & more complicated paperwork.