The application of perspectivism to efficiency—the view that efficiency is always seen from a perspective, never from nowhere. Efficiency Perspectivism argues that there is no view-from-nowhere efficiency, no neutral measure that captures how well things work for everyone. Every efficiency claim comes from somewhere, serves some interests, reflects some values. The task is not to find the one true efficiency but to understand different perspectives, to see how efficiency looks from different positions. Efficiency Perspectivism is the philosophy of pluralism in evaluation, of the recognition that how well something works depends on who's asking.
Example: "He'd thought there was one way to measure efficiency—the right way. Efficiency Perspectivism showed him otherwise: efficiency looked different from different perspectives. From management, it was about output; from labor, about working conditions; from community, about local impact. None was the truth; all were true from somewhere. He stopped looking for the one measure and started learning to see from many angles."
by Abzugal February 21, 2026
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