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Thought-work is work. Logistical planning is work. Having conversations where everyone makes sure that the others are on the same page, is work.


Whether or not something is 'work' has no bearing on whether or not it's bullshit. I am in perfect agreement that one hour of useful work requires many hours of equally useful thought-work.


You have the advantage of calling something bullshit after the fact.

Track your BS Meyer before the initiatives take place. Before you can see the outcomes whether something was impactful or not.

Feel free to unleash your predictive capacity on the world.


Okay, here's one: every single fast-food restaurant that uses unhealthy derivatives to create its "food", and all the work that goes into it, is bullshit, and if the entire industry was wiped off the face of the earth tomorrow society would immediately, measurably improve.


At least, it would decline for me since I don’t have an obesity problem but I like me a good french fry.




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