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"The first thing to note when discussing the business secrets of the Pharaohs is an acknowledgement that their era was so completely different from our own that
by stepbeek 5y ago
"The first thing to note when discussing the business secrets of the Pharaohs is an acknowledgement that their era was so completely different from our own that almost all cultural, political and, particularly, business parallels we draw between the two eras are bound, by their very nature, to be wrong."
- Marko Corrigan, Business Secrets of the Pharaohs
- cratermoon 5y agoExcept that monasticism and monastics still exist today, and they still follow the same Rules that were laid down by the early Church (or other faith) founders. There are still Benedictines, Trappists, Redemptorists, Jesuits, and so forth in Catholicism, as well as extensive communities in Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and other faiths. Many of them have adapted quite well to modernity.
- stepbeek 5y agoMy original comment was tongue-in-cheek, but I think the underlying sentiment is a reasonable one. Joining a monastery - from an outsiders view - is fundamentally a pursuit of a higher purpose. Joining a corporation is often anything but. While there will be crossover in human group dynamics, I’m (perhaps naively) viewing corporate life to have a completely incompatible incentive structure coupled with a bent towards generally self-serving employees. Maybe I have an idealistic view of the average monk but I’d be quite sad to learn that the pettiness that pervades many corporations is much the same. A great many people work simply to survive: I’m not sure the same is true of monks.
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