This was meant to be an open thread, but think about what is going on - I 
posted 
an email on this forum that was completely blank. It might have been posted by 
mistake for all you guys knew. It is about as contentless as an email can get 
and there are plenty of contentless posts out there. Yet, I, as the poster, am 
expected to reply to all the people who might respond to it. That takes time 
and 
energy. And it can be tiring. This is out in the open on silklist, but it is 
the 
same thing that is going on within our organizations. And, unfortunately, there 
it is hidden. 

Essentially, as employees, we are expected to be "always on" - on email, on 
Blackberries, on call - and not just "on" during work hours, but "on" all the 
time. So basically, we have reached an equilibrium which is not optimal for 
anyone. A game theoretical model suggests itself, in particular, the Prisoner's 
Dilemma model. Perhaps, there are ways for organizations to make it so that 
employees don't have "be on" all the time. 

I emailed Prof. Thomas Schellingabout my thoughts on this in a short note. Note 
over on the List : 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/470
Anand




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From: Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, June 22, 2011 6:21:39 AM
Subject: Re: [silk] (no subject)

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 21-Jun-11 12:41 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote:
>
>> I have got nothing to say, so I am going to say this.
>
> I am willing to bet that this, among the threads that Anand has started,
> has the most replies.

A case of empty vessels make more noise?

Cheeni

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