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The oldest company in the world is only 1443 years old (Kongo Gumi of Japan.) Most companies don't last a single human lifetime. It's completely besides the poi
by eloff 4y ago
The oldest company in the world is only 1443 years old (Kongo Gumi of Japan.) Most companies don't last a single human lifetime. It's completely besides the point to bring up things that play out over billions of years in that context. It's just trolling.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoPseudo-blasphemously, I immediately thought "Is the Catholic church older, and in some sense a company, selling salvation?".
- eloff 4y agoHaha, yeah that raises some interesting questions about what a company is. I feel like you could look at it through that lens.
- mensetmanusman 4y agohttps://worksthatwork.com/3/kongo-gumi https://worksthatwork.com/3/kongo-gumi Interesting that it started by building Buddhist Temples and has been building and maintaining them for that long. Cool!