Brilliant as ever. A forensic takedown of the daily indignities we’ve somehow normalised as “modern work.”
What struck me most wasn’t the grand forces (though your ‘Forces of Crapification’ deserve their own tarot deck), but the quieter insight: disengagement as self-defence. That’s it. Not apathy. Just the last line of self-protection in a system that punishes caring.
The AI bit made me laugh out loud. We’re promised machine superintelligence any day now, but can’t get the expense system to reimburse a bottle of water without invoking psychotic elves and interpretive dance. I keep saying: we don’t need another moonshot. We just need a bus that shows up.
It’s remarkable how rarely the crap gets named. You do it with clarity, humour, and just enough rage to keep the hope alive. If leadership really wanted to make work better, they’d start by reading this. Then maybe fix the password manager.
Brilliant as ever. A forensic takedown of the daily indignities we’ve somehow normalised as “modern work.”
What struck me most wasn’t the grand forces (though your ‘Forces of Crapification’ deserve their own tarot deck), but the quieter insight: disengagement as self-defence. That’s it. Not apathy. Just the last line of self-protection in a system that punishes caring.
The AI bit made me laugh out loud. We’re promised machine superintelligence any day now, but can’t get the expense system to reimburse a bottle of water without invoking psychotic elves and interpretive dance. I keep saying: we don’t need another moonshot. We just need a bus that shows up.
It’s remarkable how rarely the crap gets named. You do it with clarity, humour, and just enough rage to keep the hope alive. If leadership really wanted to make work better, they’d start by reading this. Then maybe fix the password manager.
Thanks for continuing to say the quiet part loud.
Amen, brother.