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 ________________________________ 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
