The Problem with Productivity

Productivity used to mean working hard and being effective. Now it’s a path to meaning and self-improvement.

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If the definition of hard work is hours spent sitting at a desk recording billable hours, that is an iteration of labour I know very well indeed. In my past life as a corporate litigator, 70-hour weeks were the norm. I worked at a…