Tag: business
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Optimization theatre
The evolution of a society is an arms race between the fragile evolution of false consciousness myths and the robust evolution of mutually assured mediocrity equilibria. That’s how you slouch towards utopia. Venkatesh Rao, one of the most genuinely original and iconoclastic thinkers there is. If you wanted to write a story about a consultant…
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The liturgy of business
Sarah Constantin has been talking to a marketing advisor; the advice she’s been getting confirms pretty much every assumption I’ve accumulated about the cultish dynamics of business culture. So, how do you keep from sounding like a jerk when you’re essentially bragging and making big requests? A lot of pleasantries. A lot of framing phrases…