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Switching to ipads for the pilots resulted in saved fuel costs as well (yet another article). The populist notion that corporations are just evil things out to

• mikeash 8y ago
  Yes, in reality, corporations are evil things trying their best to be smart!
• danans 8y ago
  > The populist notion that corporations are just evil things out to do stupid things really clouds rational thought. :( That's not the populist notion on corporations at all. The populist notion is that corporations' incentive structure, set by their board/leadership, causes them to act at the expense of rank and file workers and consumers. That's very different than "evil" or "stupid".
  • deburo 8y ago
    It is still misguided. The idea of capitalism works because everyone is acting in their self-interests all the while everyone benefits from each other's work. The first thought that should come to mind where you see a corporation that's successful is that many people choose to do business with it and therefore it is generating them plenty of value.
    • jcora 8y ago
      Man solves all problems by pretending there simply are none
    • danans 7y ago
      Corporations are not an emergent property of the universe. They are models, specifically sanctioned by law, that are organized around particular sets of interests. Just because there are subsets of people whose self-interest is aligned with particular corporations' doesn't mean that those interests are aligned with the self interest of everyone, or even a majority of people. And this isn't to say that there isn't an important role for corporations to play in the world, but to suggest that their form and function is the result of everyone acting in their self interest is oversimplifying things dramatically.