It seems that the top three virtues in the world of masculine development today are grit, success, and efficiency — with a particular emphasis on the last one, efficiency. For it is not good enough to have grit without success, and success is no longer good enough in and of itself. No, even success must now be refined before it can truly be revered. It must be taken to the next level; it must be made efficient.
This drive for efficiency reveals its uglier side when displayed at scale: big corporations replacing local jobs with outsourced labour, robotic manufacturing, and the cutting of “unnecessary” services altogether. But does this mean efficiency is always a bad thing? Can a Christian man pursue efficiency as an authentic virtue?
