Saw this slogan on the exterior of a bus:
“We have found a way to cook our [products] 10 times faster, that’s
productivity!”
I saw this ad, I sighed and added that company to my list of banned
food. Turns out, the so-call productive way is microwave. Those who
don’t know, please google “microwave food causes cancer”. Those who
thinks microwaved food is still healthy, please continue eating
microwaved food, it’s your health, not mine. 
Faster isn’t always better. Let’s take poultry for example…
Chickens have been fed with hormones and steroids so that they grow
and mature quickly in 6 weeks. They have to be harvested (ie;
slaughtered) at 6 weeks because if they grow to 8 weeks, they will
die of heart attacks as the heart does not grow at the same speed
as their bodies. No wonder, I’ve been seeing pink chicken flesh when I bite
into fried chicken at K**!
Same goes for cows and sheeps, so that they grow faster and produce
more meat and milk. All in the name of PRODUCTIVITY! What happened
to natural farming?
Something closer to us, our workplace. I’ve worked in companies
where 1 person was hired to take on 2 persons’ workload/tasks in
the name of productivity. Such jobs are often labelled “fast-paced,
dynamic environments” in job ads. Employer gained cost-savings but
still lose money due to high employee turnover. Nobody will stay
long in such jobs. Some ppl will take on such jobs due to long
periods of unemployment, ran out of money or unaware, but nobody
will stay long.
Some productivity is good but when overdo it, it yearns adverse
effects. Do you agree?
well said. Few people today understand
"慢工出细活”。
In this era, people are glued to their hp and Ipad, they watch a
12 episodes TV serials in 2 days, working days, on the bus, MRT
even during meal time. this is productivitiy!
when people got a piece of news, without giving much thoughts,
they send out via whatsapp or sms to 20 of their friends
immediately, productivity!
Friends and relatives having dinner celebrating their fathers
birthday, instead of talking and sharing with one another at the
table, they sms with their friends at the same time, sometimes with
different groups of people. Productivity!
Multi tasking...the way of life today, is productivity!
This new way of life is at the expense of our health, our
relationship, and is reflective of our values. We have to live our
own way of life, or let the environment change our life....and
blame the government?
