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Re:Modern workers are at the mercy of ratings by ceejayoz on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:28PM (#22271814)
> how else can we measure one's impact?

This is a case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism.

    We must do something
    This is something
    Therefore, we must do this.
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Re:Modern workers are at the mercy of ratings by dredmorbius on Saturday February 08, 2020 @06:04AM (#22275168)
A fave.

See also: Don't just do something, stand there!

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/03/22/stand-there/

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Re:Modern workers are at the mercy of ratings by jschwartzi on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:07PM (#22272558)
Not to be confused with "Do something, even if it's wrong" which is how you break out of analysis paralysis.
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