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It’s a scale that was proposed in <a class="af oe" href="https://permies.com/t/scale" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">permaculture</a> and then adapted for <a class="af oe" href="https://wiki.earlyretirementextreme.com/wiki/ERE_Wheaton_Levels#:~:text=3%20Suggested%20Reading-,Introduction,to%20their%20level%20of%20mastery." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Early Retirement Extreme</a> (ERE).</p><p id="7e30" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ng nh hn hf b ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc hg fp">The levels attempt to capture that in a deep field, “people would have varying levels of understanding according to their level of mastery. While people at adjacent levels are able to judge relative competence, there is also a fog of comprehension effect where people separated by multiple levels have difficulty relating to each other.”</p><p id="f692" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ng nh hn hf b ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc hg fp">I don’t understand either of those communities well enough to describe their scales for you. So I’ll just drop a chart of the levels from ERE and then get on with my nascent thought about productivity.</p><figure class="oi oj ok ol om on of og paragraph-image"><div role="button" tabindex="0" class="oo op fu oq bh or"><div class="of og oh"><picture><source srcSet="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 640w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 720w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:750/format:webp/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 750w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:786/format:webp/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 786w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/format:webp/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 828w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 1100w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/format:webp/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 1400w" sizes="(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" type="image/webp"/><source data-testid="og" srcSet="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 640w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 720w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:750/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 750w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:786/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 786w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 828w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 1100w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*Fhk3FoQYFYJUiFOJb4Tm-g.png 1400w" sizes="(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px"/><img alt="" class="bh mn os c" width="700" height="529" loading="eager" role="presentation"/></picture></div></div></figure><p id="b953" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ng nh hn hf b ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc hg fp">So in productivity Level 1, or maybe it should be level 0, is someone with no systems who is completely reactive and probably unreliable. Their understanding of productivity is that they work when they are told to work or when something is urgent (the trash is overflowing or there is no food in the fridge).</p><p id="e41d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ng nh hn hf b ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc hg fp">But let’s say level 2 is someone who uses simple productivity tools like a todo list but isn’t to the point of feeling any sense of control. 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