24 April 2017

Fungible: (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind. 

• And even then, the outcome is fungible, as it's not able to separate out, for example, how much value was produced by this frequent, expensive e-mail use to offset some of its cost.  (Cal Newport in Deep Work pg. 55) 
• These insights are often communicated through fungible artifacts, such as journal articles, slide decks, teaching cases or books that practitioners can consume and apply to their specific context. (AMJ) Added 21 April 2019. 
• Can IT jobs replace the lost manufacturing jobs? No, of course not. These are totally fungible jobs. (Added 7 November 2022)

Simulacrum: a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance

• Instead of trying to manage their time and obligations themselves, they let the impending meeting each week force them to take some action on a given project and more generally provide a highly visible simulacrum of progress. (Cal Newport in Deep Work pg. 60)