Act Blur, Live Longer

As an engineer in my 20s, considering that looking out for optimisation opportunities is a core part of the job, at some point I realised that lean teams can accomplish plenty. Along the way, I also reached the inevitable conclusion that while the world is mostly run by large organisations, most said organisations consist mostly of dead weight.

I firmly believed that with the right people and processes, even with massive layoffs, most large organisations can still continue operating like a well-oiled machine -- and might even end up thriving without all the unnecessary red tape and overhead.

However, as I enter my 30s, I'm also starting to realise that if we truly embraced efficiency as a society, most people will no longer get to enjoy the comfort of a slackish but ego-boosting white collar job.

So perhaps inefficiencies fill an existential gap in a hyper capitalistic society, and has intrinsic value. The illusion of productivity gives life meaning to the common urbanite, even if it stems from a false sense of purpose.

Act blur live longer is a valid virtue that one might want to consider not just accepting, but actively embrace.

Am I disillusioned, or illuminated?