Comments on: The Productivity Boom http://perpetualbeta.com/release/archives/2005/12/08/the-productivity-boom/ not quite ready to ship Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:58:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike http://perpetualbeta.com/release/archives/2005/12/08/the-productivity-boom/#comment-79 Mike Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:13:17 +0000 http://www.perpetualbeta.com/release/?p=42#comment-79 Of course there are trade-offs involved. In some ways productivity improves public health and safety because it increases the resources we have to devote to public health and safety measures. Sometimes productivity can be a negative, such as when it's related to pressure to work long hours or in dangerous conditions. I do not know of any studies relating productivity to safety, however. Of course there are trade-offs involved. In some ways productivity improves public health and safety because it increases the resources we have to devote to public health and safety measures.

Sometimes productivity can be a negative, such as when it’s related to pressure to work long hours or in dangerous conditions.

I do not know of any studies relating productivity to safety, however.

]]> By: Menno Troyer http://perpetualbeta.com/release/archives/2005/12/08/the-productivity-boom/#comment-77 Menno Troyer Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:40:22 +0000 http://www.perpetualbeta.com/release/?p=42#comment-77 Great article! Do you know if there is any research available describing how productivity translates into lives saved? Seems to me that there is entirely too much emphasis on safety these days, at the expense of productivity. While safety does save lives, so does productivity, and it seems to me that the maximum number of lives saved can only be achieved through a rational balance of safety and productivity. Any ideas on this? Great article!

Do you know if there is any research available describing how productivity translates into lives saved? Seems to me that there is entirely too much emphasis on safety these days, at the expense of productivity. While safety does save lives, so does productivity, and it seems to me that the maximum number of lives saved can only be achieved through a rational balance of safety and productivity. Any ideas on this?

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