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Re:Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better by eafkuor on Saturday August 22, 2020 @03:23AM (#24242386)
> We worship efficiency. Use less to get more. Same-day delivery. Multitask; text on one device while emailing on a second, and perhaps conversing on a third. Efficiency is seen as good. Inefficiency as wasteful.

Is this a US thing? I've lived in three different European countries and nobody thinks this way. Efficiency and productivity are things I mostly just read about on HN.

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Re:Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better by Tade0 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @06:42AM (#24243207)
It spills over to countries(like mine) enamoured of the American way of life, but in a twisted manner.

I've worked for companies that saw overburdening people with responsibilities as "efficient". On paper it was.

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Re:Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better by rusty-rust on Saturday August 22, 2020 @03:39AM (#24242440)
I agree with your observation. From my observation Dutch startups live by the motto “steady wins the race” and to a larger extent I think it speaks to the risk aversion ingrained in their culture - both in their startup and VC mentalities.

They would rather bootstrap and grow with stability then pull a softbank and use/give massive capital injections in the hopes of getting market efficient domination.

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