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by loup-vaillant 3155 days ago
It's subtler than that. Because it is hard to measure, one has to make explicit effort to demonstrate value. This wastes time and energy that could have been used to increase the very value that needs to be demonstrated.

Value is lower because of the consequences of being hard to measure.

Then there are actual bullshit jobs, whose value is difficult to measure because they have no value to begin with.

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> This wastes time and energy that could have been used to increase the very value that needs to be demonstrated.

How do we know the value has been increased at all?

We don't.