In his The Alternative Productivity Manifesto post Clay Collins wrote:

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The Productivity Industrial Complex is a marriage between corporations and an entire industry of productivity companies, gurus, consultants, and solution-makers who help corporations squeeze every ounce of productivity from their workers. Organizations like The David Allen Company, for example, make the bulk of their income from corporations looking to “maximize their employee output,” and it’s no surprise that they have a Fortune 500-studded client list which includes Lockheed Martin, Deloitte & Touche, and the U.S. Department of Defense (see here for more of his clients).
So... Let's make our companies less productive. We want to be free and happy. Naive Chinese people should take care of this whole "stupid productivity thing".

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2. If your productivity increases, but your pay stays the same, then you’re effectively taking a pay cut (same goes if you begin working longer hours for the same pay).
Great insight. So if your productivity decreases your pay increases, right? And if you are not productive at all your pay is infinite. Good luck!

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7. Increased productivity should result in greater carefree time, more vacations, and more time away from work. Most of the time, however, it does not.
Is it really all about more time away from work? From meaningful work that you are passionate about?

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20. No productivity system can put you in a zen like, meditative, or mind like water state. A calm, focused, and meditative mind leads to greater productivity, but productivity systems cannot create a mind like water.
Did the author try all productivity systems to prove his thesis?