Failure in a Society of Control

Reading Deleuze the idea of failure in the society of control kept coming to mind. As in where is there a place for failure, or is there a place for failure in a society of control? The concept that one is never finished with work is rather unnerving in this sense because it is double-edged sword. The fact that one may never be finished is freeing and at the same time work has a deadline and an unfinished work is judged as a failure. Therefore, no work can ever be exceptional or definitive. The concept that work is never over implies an infinitely high level of expectation on any work done by an individual and a great deal of stress for any individual. This new power of control is short-term and rapid, but it appears to be able to leave long-lasting effects on an individual. In a society where man is always in debt, guilt becomes a powerful force. Yet the allowance of a continuous and limitless work opens a free space for the individual to work within. However, I wonder how forgetting comes into play here. Is forgetting a means to surviving this overwhelmingly free space of work? Is the deletion of duplicate song files in Itunes not a therapeutic act to counter this anxiety? Does this control not inhibit creativity, as much (if not more) as it allows it?