--- title: The Unbearable Lightness of Productivity | daily.dev description: A visit to a magnet factory in Oxfordshire reveals the importance of superconducting magnets in powering MRI scanners and the scarcity of helium, which is used... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-unbearable-lightness-of-productivity-bbouncfng twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Unbearable Lightness of Productivity | daily.dev og:description: A visit to a magnet factory in Oxfordshire reveals the importance of superconducting magnets in powering MRI scanners and the scarcity of helium, which is used... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-unbearable-lightness-of-productivity-bbouncfng og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bBoUncfNG.png og:image:alt: The Unbearable Lightness of Productivity og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Unbearable Lightness of Productivity **[Substack](https://daily.dev/sources/substack)** · 8 min read · 8 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A visit to a magnet factory in Oxfordshire reveals the importance of superconducting magnets in powering MRI scanners and the scarcity of helium, which is used to keep the magnets at the appropriate temperature. The factory is working on creating MRI scanners that consume less helium, making them more widely available and potentially saving more lives. The focus on efficiency and lower helium consumption is a shift in the definition of progress and productivity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-unbearable-lightness-of-productivity-bbouncfng) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Unbearable Lightness of Productivity","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-unbearable-lightness-of-productivity-bbouncfng","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-unbearable-lightness-of-productivity-bbouncfng"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T13:21:06.137Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T13:21:05.776Z","description":"A visit to a magnet factory in Oxfordshire reveals the importance of superconducting magnets in powering MRI scanners and the scarcity of helium, which is used...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dafcc2000a3ec9192e02c3ce18511b61?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dafcc2000a3ec9192e02c3ce18511b61?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Substack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Substack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--KFqxX_OL--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698154293/logos/substack.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/substack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-unbearable-lightness-of-productivity-bbouncfng","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":8},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"productivity","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Substack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/substack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Unbearable Lightness of Productivity"}]} ```