Too often, we think of those with minder roles as automatons, who spend their days cranking through tasks, one after another, as they arrive as input through inboxes and chat channels. But this perspective condescendingly dismisses the cognitively demanding nature of this work. Fixing my postdoc start date issue is no less complicated than pulling together a smart strategy memo or sharp section of computer code. It follows that embedding minders into a concentration-eroding hyperactive hive mind workflow, though superficially convenient in the moment to those who interact with them, reduces
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