OK. I agree pretty much with what you say below. But that's more of a statement
about the application of resources, not the efficacy of teams. Humans, being
complex machines with diverse phenotypes are best applied to multifarious
problems. As automation takes over tasks, the displaced humans should be
reapplied. That's not happening as fast as we'd like. But it doesn't imply
that teams are less effective than individuals or that teams are mostly a tool
to undermine individuals.
On October 27, 2016 5:32:18 PM PDT, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"I don't understand what you're saying, here. Are you saying that
>professionals don't, say, bake cookies for the PTA or their kid's
>baseball team? Obviously you're not saying that."
>
>I am talking about the major compromises people make to make it up the
>corporate ladder or beat out their competitors. Ok, they may bake
>cookies, but the kids aren't coming to work, they're going to day care.
>Meanwhile, in case you hadn't noticed the middle class is disappearing.
>People are falling down or they are moving up. When I say
>"Professionals do XXX", I mean "It is in the best interest of
>professionals who want to remain professionals to do XXX", especially
>when the work could soon be automated. Of course, they may do all
>sorts of things in practice. The world you are talking about is not
>going to be sustainable for long.
>
>Marcus
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