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Ironic that every author pic on that site seems to show at least a dress shirt, and commonly a suit. (I'm sure it looks nice, but such clothing undeniably is us

Ironic that every author pic on that site seems to show at least a dress shirt, and commonly a suit. (I'm sure it looks nice, but such clothing undeniably is used to signal conformity, and these authors conform to a dress code.) Then, "Most workplaces are not democracies. This is very good news..." advising: "make yourself invaluable to key superiors, who will in turn protect and promote you" and "Spend the first year of any job convincing your employer he was right to hire you..." (He's right, workplaces are unusually totalitarian: top-down dominance structures. Hence advice to pleasure your boss.) These right-wing "libertarians" are conformists. To recruit, they clumsily imitate social justice movements (like anarchism) where people actually do challenge the status quo. Their arguments against democracy rely on misconceptions like "US is a democracy"; or "democracy=voting", instead of say consensus.

keithpeter 11y ago
Yes, I saw the stock photo with the suit/tie. But then the text does mention shorts/pumps. So I imagine that the stock photo is an example of conforming in small details. Quote from item 12: "Modern societies are huge, anonymous, and forgetful.". Perhaps not so much in the future? Item 15 was lovely. I'm off out now on a nice autumn day in the UK to find some awesomeness. There is Rugby, and the trees are turning colour.
coldtea 11y ago
>Ironic that every author pic on that site seems to show at least a dress shirt, and commonly a suit. (I'm sure it looks nice, but such clothing undeniably is used to signal conformity, and these authors conform to a dress code.) In this day and age you're actually a non-conformist in most situations if you wear a suit. Especially as everyone else, even the President often, wears some casual clothes to look non-conformist.
switch007 11y ago
> Hence advice to pleasure your boss. I'm dedicated, but not /that/ dedicated.

keithpeter 11y ago

Yes, I saw the stock photo with the suit/tie. But then the text does mention shorts/pumps. So I imagine that the stock photo is an example of conforming in small details. Quote from item 12: "Modern societies are huge, anonymous, and forgetful.". Perhaps not so much in the future? Item 15 was lovely. I'm off out now on a nice autumn day in the UK to find some awesomeness. There is Rugby, and the trees are turning colour.

coldtea 11y ago

>Ironic that every author pic on that site seems to show at least a dress shirt, and commonly a suit. (I'm sure it looks nice, but such clothing undeniably is used to signal conformity, and these authors conform to a dress code.) In this day and age you're actually a non-conformist in most situations if you wear a suit. Especially as everyone else, even the President often, wears some casual clothes to look non-conformist.

switch007 11y ago

> Hence advice to pleasure your boss. I'm dedicated, but not /that/ dedicated.