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It's only in Silicon Valley that earnestness, or the appearance or earnestness, is important. Here, you need to say "we're transforming patient outcomes and hel
by spoonjim 6y ago
It's only in Silicon Valley that earnestness, or the appearance or earnestness, is important. Here, you need to say "we're transforming patient outcomes and helping people achieve their best health." It's just not a requirement anywhere else I've worked. There are more billionaires outside of Silicon Valley than inside it, and very few of them have had to put up such pretense. They just say "we're starting a health insurance company to outcompete incumbents through better operational efficiency, delivering best-in-industry margins and double digit revenue growth."
- lambdatronics 6y agoAgreed. It's sort dystopian if you ask me. It's like toxic positivity, or LinkedIn 24/7... I'm struggling to define it, but it's easy enough to evoke. Edit: OTOH, I have nothing against earnestness itself. It's just that Goodhart’s Law[0] kicks in, and then all you have is fake earnestness. [0]"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."