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ceejayoz on Feb 7, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Modern workers are at the mercy of ratings

> how else can we measure one's impact?

This is a case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism.

    We must do something
    This is something
    Therefore, we must do this.

dredmorbius on Feb 8, 2020 | [–]

A fave.

See also: Don't just do something, stand there!

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/03/22/stand-there/

jschwartzi on Feb 8, 2020 | [–]

Not to be confused with "Do something, even if it's wrong" which is how you break out of analysis paralysis.

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