Now that it has reached its final stage, globalisation reveals to us the limits of humanity's exploitation of the ecosystem. Once regarded as a cardinal virtue, productivity gains in the past merely accelerated the consumption of the planet's resources. Only the expansion of their exploitation, through the conquest of new territories and new populations, ensured their renewal. Having enabled the survival and then the hegemony of the naked ape on Earth, productivity can no longer continue to grow. The daily pressures exerted on employees at all levels now resemble the labour of Sisyphus. Worse still, by systematically responding to declining productivity with productivity campaigns, the productive apparatus continues to widen the ecological deficit and, consequently, to fuel the root of the problem. Sustainable development, if it is ever to take hold, will necessarily require an end to the race for productivity gains.

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Formou-se inicialmente na Escola Nacional de Aviação Civil, tendo depois seguido carreira como piloto de linha e, durante algum tempo, como instrutor. Investigador nas áreas da economia e da ergonomia, realizou várias missões de peritagem no âmbito de programas europeus.