What we value
Examining what this "value" thing is we are all trying to create
What we value
Anne Helen Petersen once memorably described this as "LARPing your job"—performing a theatrical version of productivity. Workers engage in elaborate displays of "being at work": staying visible on Slack, responding to emails at all hours, and maintaining a digital presence that signals industriousness. The tools have evolved—from software that moni... See more
AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’
If you pretend to pay them, they’ll pretend to work.
Work has to be tied to performance and salary. People have to have an obvious target to shoot for.
What we have long called the creator economy is evolving to become more of a “meaning economy,” where the creators and brands and experiences that engage us will do so through story, craft, and a deeper and more sophisticated sense of meaning. The creator economy was ultimately driven by content (enabled by ubiquitous access to content creation and... See more
Meaning is tied to values. Values are scarce.
Through this work, we can create economies that truly serve human flourishing rather than merely extracting value from human activity—economies built on seeing and being seen for the unique value each person can contribute.
Leo Guinan • The Memetic Foundation of Human Value - A New Economic Paradigm
We need to see people for the value they create
“Wotan, the All-Father, understood that violence without wisdom leads to destruction, while wisdom without violence remains impotent. To gain true knowledge, he sacrificed himself to himself, hanging from the World Tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days and nights, wounded by his own spear. Only through this voluntary suffering, this self-inflicted wound,
... See moreAt least now I know what I did.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
Why wasn’t this here yet?
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.
A quote by Muhammad Ali
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Friendship quote resonated.
Efficiency doesn’t necessarily reduce our workload—it expands it. The more we’re capable of producing, the more we expect of ourselves and others. The more output becomes possible, the further the goalposts are moved on what is considered “enough.”
AI Turned Me Into a Content Agency of One
This statement is the key. The expectations grow with technology, and wages don’t grow with expectations. Wages are based on past values.