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# Wasted Energy of Meetings
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301092253/
- Published: 2023-01-28T02:29:39.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T02:29:39.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams

> For a planning meeting—probably not. Such **meetings rarely dive into substantive content and tend to feature a lot of small talk and posturing in which participants try to make it seem like they’re committing to a lot without actually having to commit**. ([Location 2564](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B00X47ZVXM&location=2564&ref=bramadams.dev))

> Once, when contemplating the apparently endless growth of administrative responsibilities in British academic departments, I came up with one possible vision of hell. **Hell is a collection of individuals who are spending the bulk of their time working on a task they don't like and are not especially good at.**