# 👁️👥 Monitoring Productivity & Surveillance For Productivity

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#### Card #12: 👁️👥 Monitoring Productivity & Surveillance For Productivity

- URL: https://conspirograph.com/topic/social-credit-system/card/618
- Markdown: https://conspirograph.com/topic/social-credit-system/card/618.md
- Topic: Social Credit System
- Updated: 2026-09-01T00:27:54.586Z
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Summary:

"How many of you wear something like an Apple Watch? Fitbit, smart device? Yeah, many people. It's a many billion dollar industry at this point." "Most people are very comfortable with at least some forms of human quantification. In fact, it's become so widespread that most people feel like there's not that much to worry about when it comes to doing something like monitoring your heart rate." "Okay, well, if you don't like your job, just quit. But what if there's nowhere to go? What if everywhere has ubiquitous monitoring? In fact, during the pandemic, what we found was that 80% of companies admitted that they use at least some forms of so-called bossware technology to monitor the productivity of their employees. Whether it's or white collar employee monitoring what's on their screen or in any other context, surveillance is part of our everyday lives. Surveillance for productivity is part of what has become the norm in the workplace. And maybe with good reason. Nine out of 10 employees

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"How many of you wear something like an Apple Watch? Fitbit, smart device? Yeah, many people. It's a many billion dollar industry at this point."

"Most people are very comfortable with at least some forms of human quantification. In fact, it's become so widespread that most people feel like there's not that much to worry about when it comes to doing something like monitoring your heart rate."

"Okay, well, if you don't like your job, just quit. But what if there's nowhere to go? What if everywhere has ubiquitous monitoring? In fact, during the pandemic, what we found was that 80% of companies admitted that they use at least some forms of so-called bossware technology to monitor the productivity of their employees. Whether it's or white collar employee monitoring what's on their screen or in any other context, surveillance is part of our everyday lives. Surveillance for productivity is part of what has become the norm in the workplace. And maybe with good reason. Nine out of 10 employees waste time during the workday, they focus on other things. There may be good reasons why we want to be able to find better ways to monitor whether somebody is paying attention."

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