[carlmr]

>In general we have a problem that solving things quickly and permanently is not profitable for the individual/company.

This is also somewhat tied to the issue that if you work in a salaried job and do overtime when there's a lot to do, you don't get to do undertime when there's nothing to do.

The 9-5 job schedule is a holdover from industrialization where time at work is directly proportional to work output.

For knowledge workers to be the most efficient they need some downtime, if you're going to ask them to do way too much in crunch time. But we don't give it to them. Instead if there's nothing to do for a while there will be layoffs.

So instead everybody needs to appear busy and important.