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Re:Is Christmas Efficient? (2013) by AlexCornila on Thursday December 26, 2024 @06:56AM (#42514702)
we are over saturated with economic thinking ..at this point when I hear efficiency or competitiveness a suddenly have an uncontrollable reflex of throwing up
Re:Is Christmas Efficient? (2013) by eMPee584 on Thursday December 26, 2024 @08:12AM (#42514985)
how about transitioning to a non-commercial, cooperative "resource-based" economy then? we could need some help..
Re:Is Christmas Efficient? (2013) by tmtvl on Thursday December 26, 2024 @08:50AM (#42515135)
Healthy employees do better work than unhealthy ones and happiness is a key component of mental health. Hence efficiency improves when employees have better working conditions.
Re:Is Christmas Efficient? (2013) by niam on Thursday December 26, 2024 @09:48AM (#42515494)
I get the hatred of excesses wrt finance/economics, to a point. Though I can't help but see comments against efficiency in general as a shift in the needle towards policymakers who bask in nimwittitude.

We're not over saturated with it, because in another universe: paper currency failed the vibe check because not-thinking-about-stuff was en vogue. I'm glad we live in this one.

Re:Is Christmas Efficient? (2013) by tempodox on Thursday December 26, 2024 @11:01AM (#42515933)
> nimwittitude

Is that the intellectual level of a witling?

Re:Is Christmas Efficient? (2013) by markovs_gun on Thursday December 26, 2024 @10:22AM (#42515708)
That legit happened a few times in history until it stuck. Paper currency was invented and abandoned many times in history so we sort of do live in the timeline where it failed the vibe check, it's just such a good idea people kept trying it afterwards.