2026-08-08 23:37 UTC
@mayintoronto@beige.party @Amgine@mamot.fr yeah I think there’s a difference between knowledge workers and engineers that isn’t being distinguished here. There have always been people who push spreadsheets and PowerPoints but there are also the people that design the airplane wings and do the logistics that go into making sure all the parts of a car show up at the assembly plant at the right time and magically fit together. Unfortunately, the McKinsey consultants have decided that outsourcing the actual building of things is more “efficient” because they can’t differentiate between the spectacle and the substance. 🤦♀️
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@dahukanna@mastodon.social 2026-08-09 07:58
@irene@discuss.systems “they can’t differentiate between spectacle AND substance” - Yep. The spectacle (forever present Now) and the substance (the foundational substrate Eons). Only the entertaining performative activity gets their attention. So knowledge work got “Attention is all you need” - https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762 - https://mastodon.social/@dahukanna/115934998191619920 @mayintoronto@beige.party @Amgine@mamot.fr