You are not your job (flawed.net.nz)

I've never heard of "the politicians syllogism" but I'll need to remember it.

I am a big fan generally of letting things unfold a little to see if they're actually problems rather than just smelling like problems. I find you can save a lot of make-work by ignoring non-issues. Basically it'll be nice to have something to counter "a stitch in time saves nine".

I am an immigrant. Unfortunately, my very life and physical security depend on my job performance, at least as decided by the government.

hard agree, though community in the workplace is important for some (many?) people to feel like they have purpose

> You should maximize your income while minimizing efforts that take you away from living your life

You should maximize long term net worth, which often is in conflict with maximizing near term income. One can argue net worth is also correlated with compounding knowledge which is itself anti-correlated with "minimizing effort".

This whole viewpoint of work as a simple transaction hurts employees' long term prospects.

"You are exchanging your effort for money" -> you are exchanging your TIME for money.

FTFY