The Straits Times
How technology has turned back the clock on productivity
Digital tools such as computers tempt highly skilled, highly paid people to noodle around making bad slides
Tim Harford
While some office jobs have a clear production flow, many do not: they are a blur of one activity bleeding into another.PHOTO: ST FILE
PublishedMar 17, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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