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Lorion97 t1_ix1tl1e wrote

Reply to comment by NihiliSloth in Workplace brain scanning to make employees happier and more productive by BotJunkie

What I was more insinuating was that there's a hyper fixation on productivity and it feels incredibly hollow when bosses go "I'm going to help make my workers happy for my benefit."

Which I get as a boss is what you want, more production for more profits. But it feels incredibly manipulative and alienating. Because unless you being happy makes you more productive those changes to make you happier for the short time you are here on Earth won't be made.

Like you can't just have an increase of happiness without an increase of productivity. Productivity comes first always regardless of emotional wellbeing. Emotional wellbeing is just a luxury.

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NihiliSloth t1_ix1viot wrote

Well yeah, we are programmed to frown upon laziness. If people aren’t being productive, they are seen as lazy. And we can’t have that, now can we? There are societal standards for a reason. It’s to make the wealthy, wealthier.

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