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The decrease of independent minded as an organisation grows seems an almost universal phenomenon. It happens to startups yes, but also to forums, bands, fashion
by fvdessen 6y ago
The decrease of independent minded as an organisation grows seems an almost universal phenomenon. It happens to startups yes, but also to forums, bands, fashions, the internet, games, religions, politics, etc.
Basically anything new will target independent minded people, and anything successful will target conventional people. It's sad for the independent minded, but is there anything that can be done about this ?
- vgmartin 6y agoYes, the independently-minded people who created the original organization and the value must refuse to let parasitical people in. pg cannot use this term in his essays, but it boils down to that, at least in the software space. In agriculture etc. of course conventional minded people do excellent work and create tremendous value.
- inglor_cz 6y ago"anything successful will target conventional people" Plenty of successful products are useful for both. E-mail, smartphone, Covid vaccine. PG's idea that outsourcing more conventional activities such as advertisements and PR may preserve the creative core of the company is interesting at least.
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