Jiupai News Special Commentator Yi Guoxiang.
Since 2020, under the promotion of the special work of rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots, some "zombie groups" have been disbanded, some apps have been offline, and some have been streamlined, reducing the burden on the grassroots. Recently, however, the "fingertip burden" caused by formalism at the fingertips has been rising and spreading again.
Formalism at the fingertips is a formalism that arises in the context of digital information technology. The "fingertip burden" of the grassroots reminds me of two past events in the "** era" and the "bicycle era".
In the 80s of the last century, in the office building of a grass-roots organ of the army, each department or office was installed, which provided great convenience for the office of the organ. This situation made the leader a little uneasy, and then clearly stipulated that in the building (at that time, generally the second and third floors) to contact things, to move the feet, generally do not hit **. In those days, there were cost-saving considerations, but it was more to replace normal communication and liaison between departments and offices, and reliance was not conducive to the cultivation of the work style of the organs and the combat style of the troops. This incident has had an impact on my future work in the workplace.
Later, I transferred to the local government, and I worked in the first department of the district. When I mastered the contact information and office location of more than 40 relevant units under my jurisdiction, I did not rely on the first contact to know the peers of these units, but relied on a bicycle to run all the units through a month, not only to know people, but also to know the geographical location, but also to understand part of the social conditions and public opinion. Giving up "convenience" and choosing "bicycle" won the "right time, place and people" for me to independently undertake an important business involving the whole district for the first time two months later, and also laid a good foundation for me to carry out other work later.
In the Internet era, from QQ groups, WeChat groups, and government affairs apps, compared with the convenience and efficiency of the first function, it is a huge iterative upgrade, and the experience given to people is not comparable. Unfortunately, advanced technology is more likely to create preferences and dependencies. "An app for emergency response, an app for environmental protection, an app for human resources and social security, and an app for civil affairs, each department has an app, and the mobile phone will be paralyzed if you log in one by one", "the app is brushed all over again, but the problem has not been solved". These phenomena prove that in the face of the rapid development of modern science and technology, if we do not maintain our determination as human beings, we are very likely to become slaves of science and technology, and the work and career we are engaged in will suffer from it. "Fingertip convenience" has become a "fingertip burden", in fact, it all stems from "toe stealing".
As a year of great investigation and study by the whole party, formalism on the fingertips has once again raised its head and even spread, which is worthy of reflection and self-examination by party committees at all levels in various localities. If the research work force, work focus, and work resources all sink to the grassroots level and produce due influence and effect, how can the headwind of formalism on the fingertips rise? Let's take a look at the research and see if anyone has taken overcoming formalism at their fingertips as a problem and solved it. If you don't feel the existence of this phenomenon-level problem, is this a formality?
"Four grassroots units" is being promoted throughout the party. If we really achieve the "four grassroots", there is no need to spend these "finger efforts" at all. What's more, many leading cadres and organ functionaries claim to be "at the grassroots level" rather than "at the grassroots level." If you still have to keep up with your fingertips "at the grassroots level", it is either for the sake of showing your achievements or stubborn bureaucracy.
There is a saying that is well said: formalism at the fingertips, "formalism" at the fingertips, "formalism" in the brain. Instead of putting the solution of the problem in the first place, and not taking the urgency and sorrow of the grassroots and the masses to heart, even if the various chaos in the application of digital information technology is rectified according to the requirements of the Cyberspace Administration of China, there will still be other forms of formalism. Not queuing up for ideological obstacles, not correcting the concept of purpose, "streamlining fingertip tasks, and giving back toe time" is probably just a beautiful imagination.
For the modern technology marked by digital information technology, we must maintain a calm and rational attitude towards it in the warm embrace, control it without being enslaved by it, and always maintain the subjective quality of human beings. As for the advantages and convenience of fingertip technology, we should give more to the grassroots and the masses, and the leaders and opportunities should "move their toes more", and ultimately let the grassroots cadres and the masses "move their toes less". This is the proper meaning of criticizing "formalism at the fingertips".
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