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"Collaboration" is bullshit by @joanwestenberg.eth is getting popular on Hacker News. MUST READ 👇🏻 ➡️TLDR; S.L.A. Marshall's research in 'Men Against Fire' suggested that only 15-20% of riflemen in combat actively fired their weapons, indicating a widespread phenomenon of passive participation. This 80/20 ratio, where a minority performs the majority of the work, has been observed in various fields, including IBM's discovery about computer feature usage. The modern tech industry has embraced 'collaboration' as a solution to coordination and participation issues, leading to an obsession with teamwork. The proliferation of collaboration tools (Notion, Slack, Jira, etc.) has resulted in knowledge workers juggling numerous applications, often without significant output. Transparency and visibility have been confused with progress and accountability, leading to a focus on 'being included' rather than 'owning outcomes'. The diffusion of responsibility in groups, as observed by Maximilien Ringelmann with rope-pulling experiments, leads to reduced individual effort as group size increases. Frederick Brooks' observations in software development highlight how adding more people to a late project can actually make it later due to increased communication and coordination overhead. High-quality, complex work is often accomplished by individuals or small, accountable groups, with the narrative of teamwork applied retrospectively. The emphasis on collaboration as an ideology can make individual ownership and responsibility seem antisocial, hindering progress despite being the primary mechanism for completion. There is a need to shift back towards trusting individuals to perform their jobs, with clear individual accountability rather than diffused responsibility masked by extensive collaborative processes. https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/2-GbJ1W4o-Ub/hackerpulse

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