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It was trivial to make the case, and that people didn’t see this represents a massive epistomological failure. Perhaps it would have been offensive, but adults
by ctlby 8y ago
It was trivial to make the case, and that people didn’t see this represents a massive epistomological failure. Perhaps it would have been offensive, but adults should not be indulged when they engage in hysteria.
- skybrian 8y agoEh. Maybe you could have used platitudes like "America has survived worse" and "most people in government will follow the law, even if he doesn't." But those aren't particularly comforting.
- rsj_hn 8y agoI was around when Bush won re-election. After he lied us into war. I couldn't believe it. I was absolutely stunned, depressed, and horrified that something like that could happen. Yet not once did I expect my employer to "comfort" me. I mean, my God, that's not the job of an employer. Friends comfort you. Your employer is not your friend.
- rphlx 8y agoGoogle appears to have a long history of infantilizing its workforce, partly - one hopes - as a sort of group-bonding in-joke, and partly - one suspects - as a darker psychological management strategy with objectives that are not always unambiguously in the infant's best interest.