It’s All Bullshit | JS Tan
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The tech industry is supposed to be the cradle of innovation—but it’s become a redoubt of waste and unproductivity.

It’s All Bullshit: Performing productivity at Google::The tech industry is supposed to be the cradle of innovation—but it’s become a redoubt of waste and unproductivity.

  • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve never thought of platform profits as rents but it actually makes a lot of sense.

    I can definitely see the idea in my own work. If I stop working, it’s not like revenue will go down. At least not right away. In that sense, my work is “unproductive”.

    I do think stronger regulation is the most viable way forward. I don’t think these monopolies will break themselves.