Tag: efficiency
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Disguised Coercion & Performativity IntroductionThe Mechanism of Disguised CoercionHow Performativity Delivers CoercionTracking Coercion via a Diagnostic LensWhy This Tracks Especially Well with Efficiency IdeologyA Midlife-Specific ObservationConclusion & Key TakeawaysAdditional Reading Introduction In the previous installment,[1] I discussed performativity and the ideology of efficiency. Specifically, I examined efficiency as getting the most done in the least…
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IntroductionEfficiency vs. PerformativityThe Gen X ProblemWorking Better—Neither Smarter nor HarderThe Perspectival ShiftConclusion Introduction In this writing, I’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 isn’t about efficiency at all,…
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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: “Get the maximum result…