Efficiency is good, but sometimes inefficiency is better

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Mar 10, 2023 · 9m

In business and engineering, we aim for #efficiency by achieving the best outcome with limited resources. This involves focusing on one goal, such as maximizing profit or utility, and using available resources to achieve that goal. However, many things in life that bring us joy are not efficient, such as spending time with family, celebrating holidays, and giving hugs. Think about how difficult it is to #smile on a given day. Expending resources to smile is terrible use of your available energy. One could argue that the reason we smile is to gain efficiencies in other areas, such as social…