David Spencer
@davidaspencer.bsky.social
Prof of Economics and Political Economy (Uni of Leeds, UK).
Work; Work Time; Work Reform. Authored: "Making Light Work" (2022) https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=making-light-work-an-end-to-toil-in-the-twenty-first-century--9781509548620
Work; Work Time; Work Reform. Authored: "Making Light Work" (2022) https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=making-light-work-an-end-to-toil-in-the-twenty-first-century--9781509548620
literally, takes the biscuit
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
literally, takes the biscuit
it takes the meaning out of one’s writing
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
it takes the meaning out of one’s writing
great quote - thanks for posting! @stuartmills.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
great quote - thanks for posting! @stuartmills.bsky.social
from a wider standpoint, we show how AI can add to "efficient inefficiency" (it may improve the efficiency of already inefficient practices) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Efficient Inefficiency: Organisational challenges of realising economic gains from AI
Organisations are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI). Where AI performs productive tasks more efficiently than humans, organisations will…
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November 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
from a wider standpoint, we show how AI can add to "efficient inefficiency" (it may improve the efficiency of already inefficient practices) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by David Spencer
Simon called it the "Information Fallacy." We call it "efficient inefficiency"--more efficiently doing things which aren't worth doing:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Efficient Inefficiency: Organisational challenges of realising economic gains from AI
Organisations are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI). Where AI performs productive tasks more efficiently than humans, organisations will…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Simon called it the "Information Fallacy." We call it "efficient inefficiency"--more efficiently doing things which aren't worth doing:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An influence on me growing up in Leeds and a poem that still resonates www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
Tony Harrison · Poem: ‘V.’
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September 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
An influence on me growing up in Leeds and a poem that still resonates www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...