Productivity and the Cult of Personal Responsibility

Work Harder for Less and it's still your Fault

The word productivity makes me cringe. Think about it for a second; it’s one of those toe-curling turns of phrases that tell the truth by lying. Here is what I mean: your task in life is to produce. Your life goal is to be an agent of production, and into this understanding, it becomes implicit that those who don’t produce are not worthwhile and, worse …