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Pretty hard for companies to not skew very heavily towards being about making money when people require money for food, shelter, and healthcare (at least in the
by kaens 7y ago
Pretty hard for companies to not skew very heavily towards being about making money when people require money for food, shelter, and healthcare (at least in the states).
Unless the people involved are in a financial state where they are not dependent on revenue from the company, or we divorce survival from capital, I doubt it's really possible for "not making money" to disappear as a terrifying core motivator for every business and every employed person regardless of whether their marketing copies are disingenuous.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI'm not saying companies should not make money. I'm talking about instrumental vs. terminal values. Money can and should be viewed as means to an end, as instrumental for achieve the company's purpose - be it feeding people, making good tools or getting them to space. But very often it becomes terminal - the company's purpose becomes making money, and what they do becomes means to an end. The entire structure becomes reversed.
- kaens 7y agoYes, what I'm arguing is that it's very difficult for it to not become terminal because people die without income. That's the root of the issue, not motivation or purpose or what the individuals value or the intentions behind the creation of the company.