“There's also an advisory board that's very into"--I made air quotes--"'optimal productivity.' Some theory about how productivity increases when workers don't know what their work is going to be each day. Switching from one task to another helps employees adapt and become more nimble? Something like that." "Well, that's completely psychotic," Sailor said, but in an unsurprised way. "Wonder how many members of this illustrious advisory board own sweatshop empires, am I right?” WorkCapitalismTasksWorkersProductivityBoardsWorkingSweatshopsTask Switching Book:The Island of Last Things Source: The Island of Last Things
“I was happy like I always was when existence was reduced to completing a single task or series of tasks. When I ceased to be a mind in charge of a body and became just the body itself.” ThinkingMindBodyExistenceTasksSimplicityWorkingTask Book:The Island of Last Things Source: The Island of Last Things