The Idol of Efficiency

Matt Dickerson ponders about life in the high tech world. Is the efficiency that we hold up as our highest ideal the greatest food for our souls?

Is it even healthy to be constantly striving for ever increasing efficiency? Or is there a better way?

Matt points out one big danger to believers caught in this quest for efficiency.

We have made efficiency and competitiveness our highest goal: the primary measure by which we judge our actions and policies in the workplace, as well as in many of our interpersonal relationships. There is often a human cost to our pursuit of efficiency and competitiveness.

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