Gregory's Server@researchfairy "But corporate owned things are more efficient!" - Efficient in what manner, and for whom?
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@bamfic @researchfairy 95% it means "cheaper" (aka costs less tax Euros)  aka “pays workers less, in total” aka “moves less money into the active (“bottom”) end of the economy”? @timcoffman @researchfairy Also maybe "profitable" should be a secondary goal, if any. @WhyNotZoidberg @researchfairy "But corporate owned things are more efficient!" Yes, isn’t that what these people want and are already openly doing? If you’re trying to suggest they’re inconsistent here, I disagree (much as I would prefer my government unprivatised). Politicians do often have corporate sponsors, directly or indirectly, because the system makes being (or becoming) a successful politician expensive. @WhyNotZoidberg @researchfairy I'd really like to have some meme to illustrate that common people don't need more efficiency as it usually means "keep people waiting so there are no employees downtimes"  @WhyNotZoidberg @researchfairy efficient is an anti goal in infrastructure and directly opposed to resilience/redundancy. It needs to be effective, not efficient. |
@WhyNotZoidberg @researchfairy Efficiency is a ratio. It is a fraction, with a numerator and a denominator. To measure efficiency, you must measure and also specify the units for both of those. What divided by what? What per what? Without quantifying or at least naming the units, "efficiency" is just jerking off.