The Stopwatch of Doom: How the Cult of Productivity Torpedoes Sustainability and Equity @postcarboninstitute

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Welcome to the dehumanizing world of scientific management, where business gurus and middle managers view workers as resources, and where a cult-like devotion to productivity has invaded almost all facets of daily life. From fairy tales about strapping steel workers who put CrossFit champions to shame, to the plight of Amazon warehouse workers who can't even get a bathroom break, we've got stories that expose the dark side of the efficiency fetish. Grab your stopwatch and a pee bottle so you can listen to this episode as efficiently as possible! For episode notes and more information, please visit our website (postcarbon.org/crazytown/) .

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The Stopwatch of Doom: How the Cult of Productivity Torpedoes Sustainability and Equity

Vicki Robin Nov 2022 | What Could Possibly Go Right?

$From Warning to Navigation with Richard Heinberg and Rachel Donald June 2023 Special Anniversary Event Those of us who care about the fate of younger generations and the more-than-human world know that the warnings of the last few decades have largely fallen on deaf ears. Post Carbon Institute turns 20 this year, a milestone that has prompted us to reflect on what’s transpired since our founding in 2003. Some events surprised us (the way cheap credit and fracking postponed Peak Oil). Some rattled us (the pandemic). And some were sadly predictable (the inability of our institutions to transition away from fossil fueled-growth). While the world has experienced tremendous change and destabilization in the last two decades, it looks certain that the next 20 years will be marked by even greater environmental and societal (poly)crisis – what the great environmental philosopher Joanna Macy calls the “Great Unraveling.” Rachel Donald, journalist, educator, and the host of the Planet: Critical podcast, joined Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow and author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival, in conversation to reflect on all thats happened since PCIs founding in 2003 and to share expertise into what the next two decades will hold. CONNECT WITH POST CARBON INSTITUTE/RESILIENCE.ORG https://www.postcarbon.org/ https://www.resilience.org/ Subscribe to PCI monthly newsletter: http://bit.ly/pci-subscribe Subscribe to daily/weekly Resilience.org digest: http://bit.ly/res-subscribe Follow PCI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PostCarbon/ Follow Resilience on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience Follow PCI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/postcarbon Follow Resilience on Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience CHECK OUT OUR OTHER TAKE ACTION EVENTS: https://www.postcarbon.org/event-videos/$

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