>>15821138You can take it two ways. Everyone here took the business cynicism approach and reified the normalcy of corruption. You also have the option of attempting to organise. You see productive used a great deal right now. It should concern you that productive is virtuous, because it scales, and it implies non-productive is without virtue. You remember that little horse on The Simpsons in the carnie episode, that pooped the most? That's being productive. Stasi Serb cutter contests were productive. It's a business word. If you want to be productive, be productive, but be aware if someone is defining your productivity, you're not living in a community. Communities find a rhythm. You're spinning plates for an invisible audience, and when they fall, a spotlight appears on you, and a giant comical timer starts ticking, and you have a limited window to get them spinning again or you face unpersoning. Bad news is many things, and should be considered from as many angles as possible. Just don't think there's an easy answer.
