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Hyperproductivity, and Skip To My Lou

David Bock在给Neal Ford的The Productive Programmer的序里提到这个词:

We spent some time discussing thathyperproductivityand how to bottle it.

另一处提到这个词的是Paul Virilio的blog

A worker in the textile industry in western France says, “I make the same movement sixhundredtimes an hour. With the old machines, you could have a bit of a break. Now, it’s the computerthatcontrols the assembly line and sets the pace.”

With this level ofhyperproductivity, in which a person can no longer keep up with theracing of hisdigital command tools, we are seeing a new epidemic, following the outbreak of stress.RepetitiveStrain Injury,orRSI─ acute inflammation of the bones and joints ─ is a new professional disease. It can lead tolong-term paralysisof the employee’s hands.

但这不是──不仅仅是──身体和压力的问题。这是劳动的异化。这是现代化对人性的侵蚀。

再看一遍Skip 2 My Lou老视频。再看一场Rockets的比赛。

正确的方式,高效的方式,全无浪费的方式,未必等价于有想象力的方式,美的方式,自己喜爱的方式。这才是资本主义的病根所在。