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couple things to consider: 1) Most people prefer comfort to challenge. 2) Most organizations suffer from varying degrees of misaligned incentives. Especially i
by rajacombinator 11y ago
couple things to consider:
1) Most people prefer comfort to challenge.
2) Most organizations suffer from varying degrees of misaligned incentives. Especially in publicly owned companies where even the c level execs don't have much stake in the outcome of the company.
Combine 1 and 2 and you get most of what you're observing from rational actors who are competent at maximizing their own outcomes. Good luck trying to solve these problems.
Now consider this:
As corrupt/incompetent/lazy as the US system is, it's still several orders of magnitude better than anywhere else in the world. And those 2 companies you worked for are better than most US companies.
Imagine a 3rd tier company in Europe/Asia/wherever, ie. where the majority of the world's population works, and you'll start to get an idea of how deep the rabbit hole goes.