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"Sometimes the most you can do is nothingI"<br>
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I think this is a special case of impedance matching between the
individual and the "institution" within which the individual
operates.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:56 PM Roger Critchlow
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<div>In which it turns out that sometimes a worker standing
idle contributes most efficiently to getting the
collective job done.</div>
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