Comments on: Merlin Mann (43Folders) declares moral bankruptcy of the ‘productivity Pr0n’ cult http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/merlin-mann-43folders-declares-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-productivity-pr0n-cult/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trustee Montreal http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/merlin-mann-43folders-declares-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-productivity-pr0n-cult/comment-page-1/#comment-76351 Trustee Montreal Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:43:48 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/merlin-mann-43folders-declares-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-productivity-pr0n-cult/#comment-76351 Moral Bankruptcy? What is that? Can someone run out of morality? Can our opinion of someone can be changed at the flick of the switch like a ban account? No. That being said I am stongly in favor of more humane work environment. Doing the right thing slowly is better than doing the wrong thing quickly. I heard somewhere a motto for snipers : "slow equals precision, precision equals speed". Moral Bankruptcy? What is that?

Can someone run out of morality? Can our opinion of someone can be changed at the flick of the switch like a ban account? No.

That being said I am stongly in favor of more humane work environment. Doing the right thing slowly is better than doing the wrong thing quickly.

I heard somewhere a motto for snipers : “slow equals precision, precision equals speed”.

]]> By: Lisa Rae Sway http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/merlin-mann-43folders-declares-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-productivity-pr0n-cult/comment-page-1/#comment-45258 Lisa Rae Sway Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:31:11 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/merlin-mann-43folders-declares-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-productivity-pr0n-cult/#comment-45258 Unfortunately, many of us seem to have lost that insight and quantity is becoming more and more important. Productivity should be about getting the right things done like you say, but is that what you see happening around you? Because I don't... People are creating the illusion of self-fulfillment and improvement through their allegedly "busy" jobs Merlin is right and I'm asking myself at this very moment "Why am I sitting here instead of making something cool on my own?" Unfortunately, many of us seem to have lost that insight and quantity is becoming more and more important. Productivity should be about getting the right things done like you say, but is that what you see happening around you? Because I don’t… People are creating the illusion of self-fulfillment and improvement through their allegedly “busy” jobs Merlin is right and I’m asking myself at this very moment “Why am I sitting here instead of making something cool on my own?”

]]> By: Information Systems Degree http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/merlin-mann-43folders-declares-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-productivity-pr0n-cult/comment-page-1/#comment-37001 Information Systems Degree Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:45:34 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/merlin-mann-43folders-declares-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-productivity-pr0n-cult/#comment-37001 Well, of course. The point of productivity isn't getting things done, per se... it's getting the right things done, and effectively, so you can do what you want to do. Alot of people give themselves what essentially amounts to busy work simply because they want to then get it done. That is not the key to productivity or fulfillment... it's like a sugar high that you're going to come off of soon. Well, of course. The point of productivity isn’t getting things done, per se… it’s getting the right things done, and effectively, so you can do what you want to do. Alot of people give themselves what essentially amounts to busy work simply because they want to then get it done. That is not the key to productivity or fulfillment… it’s like a sugar high that you’re going to come off of soon.

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