Economics of Human Energy
Thoughts about how money and human energy relate
Economics of Human Energy
What is the value of work in a world on the cusp of automation, and how will humans redefine their relationship with it?
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Work isn’t valuable. People are. People can set a value on the work that is done, therefore, they are the most valuable piece of the equation. Work for the sake of work has no value.
I was unwilling to be trapped by something that looked successful on the outside, but felt like shit on the inside.
All That Remains
Alignment matters the most
Cost effective is the wrong way to think about value
At present most work is useless or worse and we should simply get rid of it.
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
In the past jobs were about muscles, now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.
Nicholas Goodey • Resistance and Embracing Your Nature
The heart is where the energy lies.
Where we invest our time also has a Return on Energy (ROE).
Return on Energy
On the other hand—and I think this the crux of the matter and the revolutionary new departure—we have to take what useful work remains and transform it into a pleasing variety of game-like and craft-like pastimes, indistinguishable from other pleasurable pastimes except that they happen to yield useful end-products.
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
This is the paradox of our time: the very tools designed to free us from labor are trapping us in an endless cycle of escalating work.
Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective
Yes.
“Energy management beats time management.”
― Katherine Morgan Schafler
If this is true (I believe it is), why do companies focus on time management? Because it’s easier and time is shared, energy isn’t (at least, typically. But it can be if done properly…)