Tag: anti-hustle culture


  • Performativity and the Ideology of Efficiency

    IntroductionEfficiency vs. PerformativityThe Gen X ProblemWorking Betterโ€”Neither Smarter nor HarderThe Perspectival ShiftConclusion Introduction In this writing, Iโ€™ll discuss performativity and the ideology of efficiency. The inference is straightforward: The point of efficiency is to get the most (maximum) done in the least (minimum) amount of time. But what if performativity isnโ€™t about efficiency at all,…

  • Efficiency vs. Performativity

    Excerpt From Performativity & the Ideology of Efficiency The core tension we need to identify is subtle but crucial: Efficiency claims to optimize for output, but performativity optimizes for visibility. The difference between the two is the difference between a technical promise and the appearance of the same promise. Efficiency says: โ€œGet the maximum result…