# The paradox of efficiency

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2019
- Speaker: Edward Tenner
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/edward_tenner_the_paradox_of_efficiency)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Is our obsession with efficiency actually making us less efficient? In this revelatory talk, writer and historian Edward Tenner discusses the promises and dangers of our drive to get things done as quickly as possible -- and suggests seven ways we can use "inspired inefficiency" to be more productive.

## Lectures

1. [The paradox of efficiency](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/edward_tenner_the_paradox_of_efficiency/d07c24e16cee), 14 min (TED's player)