Every time I hear the word “productivity” I bristle.... | Jonathan Schofield

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Every time I hear the word “productivity” I bristle. Not because I don’t want to be productive.

But “productivity” is code for doing more of everything that is enshittifying our existence and I fucking hate it

Like 7 December at 8:39 | Open on mastodon.social

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Jonathan Schofield

…suggestion: every time you hear an economist say the word “productivity” replace it with “bollocks”. It’ll be closer to reality

7 December at 8:47 | Open on mastodon.social

@urlyman This also works with university management and “viability”.

7 December at 8:57 | Open on aus.social

Jonathan Schofield

@kate eek ✊

7 December at 9:01 | Open on mastodon.social

@urlyman
Yes.We've said similar, in a little more detail).
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2017/06/21/policies-for-the-city-region-serialised-part-8-jobs-and-income/
See section 8.1

(There is a later version of all this but in pdf form: https://steadystatemanchester.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/the-viable-economy-revision-for-2nd-edn-v2.4-final.pdf )

7 December at 9:45 | Open on mstdn.social

@urlyman yes. The very word implies someone’s being unproductive. Whoever feels that way about me can fuck right off. Lol.

7 December at 10:01 | Open on mastodon.social