Clearly their value system has been corrupted somehow. What values are they optimising for?
Efficiency is just 'making optimal use of resources', but optimality is contingent on the value system at play. They seem to still value broader societal functioning, and material efficiency, but everything else has been stripped away? It never seems to occur to anyone that, e.g. positive experiences can be construed as a resource and subject to optimization in the same fashion.
Clearly their value system has been corrupted somehow. What values are they optimising for?
Efficiency is just 'making optimal use of resources', but optimality is contingent on the value system at play. They seem to still value broader societal functioning, and material efficiency, but everything else has been stripped away? It never seems to occur to anyone that, e.g. positive experiences can be construed as a resource and subject to optimization in the same fashion.