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by acheong083 hours ago |
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upvoteby ccakes1 hours ago|
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> The scary part to me is that it actually works. Not practically, but that upper management and whatnot actually buy it.

That “below average” intelligence pool are well represented in upper management. FOMO is a powerful thing, smart people are often tricked by dumb ideas because they don’t want to miss out on something or be perceived to not understand the value of a bad idea

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upvoteby hamper6531 hours ago|
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> I would love to know how to build a company that serves real humans rather than the accumulation of capital and the extractive nature of corporations.

Wouldn’t we all. It is not possible, actually.

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upvoteby latexr1 hours ago|
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> Wouldn’t we all.

Clearly not. Otherwise Bezos wouldn’t create a culture where employees feel the need to pee in bottles and continue working while a colleague is dead on the floor.

> It is not possible, actually.

I don’t believe that. Sure, if you want to be filthy rich you’ll exploit people, but there are plenty of smaller companies who treat their employees well (some owners have even left their companies to their employees) and genuinely care about customers as people.

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upvoteby hamper6531 hours ago|
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Yeah, and these ♥genuinely-caring♥ capitalists always end up either bankrupt, or Bezos.

> I don’t believe that.

Of course not. Bezos is spending a lot to make sure you don’t.

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