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It may not be quite the same thing, but this reminds me of Venkatesh Rao's "Posture talk" from his Gervais Principle series: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11
by yesbabyyes 7y ago
It may not be quite the same thing, but this reminds me of Venkatesh Rao's "Posture talk" from his Gervais Principle series:
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-ii-posturetalk-powertalk-babytalk-and-gametalk/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-...
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- CheesecakeFred 7y agoI was going to comment on this article, but realized it is futile to go into detail and critizise it at this place. Simply put I would stay far away from articles and people thinking the way Venkatesh Rao exhibits here. Highly toxic and inhumane management bullshit.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoI've come to the same conclusion after reading the article a few times. It pops up on HN a lot. It's a hilarious and dark read, and certainly has grains of truth, but framing your worldview around that is silly and dangerous. Rao is a good writer, but he's filtering a parody comic through a parody show, with additions from Dilbert (another parody), and supplements the arguments with examples from management gurus of questionable relevance. It's like Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra, where it's a simulation (parody) filtered through another simulation filtered through another simulation until you have something that doesn't reflect reality.