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"You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain." [1] I don't think anyone ever sets out to build a dystopia. You just wake

"You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain." [1] I don't think anyone ever sets out to build a dystopia. You just wake up one day and find that all the little compromises you made along the way have eroded your freedom and what was once cool and innovative is now stifling and controlling. The way out is making some hard choices and not letting convenience dictate your every decision. Might be backing some losing causes by choosing to do things like paying a little extra to buy books from a local bookstore, but at least I'm making some choices while I still can. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/quotes/qt0484282 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/quotes/qt0484282

ryandvm 9y ago
This is largely due to shareholders ' inexorable demand for growth. Once you've given up control of your company to people that demand an ever increasing amount of revenue, you damn well better provide it or you're going to be looking for a new job. And at the end of the day, nothing quite pays like fucking people over...
- supreme_sublime 9y ago
  Google's stock structure is actually pretty interesting. At least in terms of voting.[0] The TL;DR is Larry Page and Sergey Brin still maintain an out sized influence over the direction of the company despite not owning the majority in an economic sense. Obviously there is still regular stockholder desires, but in terms of overall direction the pair still seem to be pretty firmly in control. I did some research on this a while back as I was trying to figure out how much stock someone would need to own to influence Google in a significant way. Turns out it is basically impossible to unseat them. [0] https://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2015/08/12/googles-multi-class-stock-structure-made-alphabet-move-unique/ https://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2015/08/12/googles-multi-class-sto...

ryandvm 9y ago

This is largely due to shareholders ' inexorable demand for growth. Once you've given up control of your company to people that demand an ever increasing amount of revenue, you damn well better provide it or you're going to be looking for a new job. And at the end of the day, nothing quite pays like fucking people over...

supreme_sublime 9y ago
Google's stock structure is actually pretty interesting. At least in terms of voting.[0] The TL;DR is Larry Page and Sergey Brin still maintain an out sized influence over the direction of the company despite not owning the majority in an economic sense. Obviously there is still regular stockholder desires, but in terms of overall direction the pair still seem to be pretty firmly in control. I did some research on this a while back as I was trying to figure out how much stock someone would need to own to influence Google in a significant way. Turns out it is basically impossible to unseat them. [0] https://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2015/08/12/googles-multi-class-stock-structure-made-alphabet-move-unique/ https://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2015/08/12/googles-multi-class-sto...