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A book named "How will you measure your life?" by Clayton Christiansen that dives pretty deeply into the topic, among other things. The theory presented was ca
by KiranRao0 4y ago
A book named "How will you measure your life?" by Clayton Christiansen that dives pretty deeply into the topic, among other things.
The theory presented was called "The Trap of Marginal Thinking". On the margin, it may appear to make sense to do something or push some boundary or take on some more leverage because it, on the margin, is most likely going to work out. But by doing so, we end up putting ourselves and companies in a dangerous position when looking at the whole.
- Bakary 4y agoI agree with his view overall, but the current atmosphere seems to reward boundary-pushing more and more. There's never been a better time to be a stress-resistant psychopath or its company equivalent.
- maerF0x0 4y ago> never been a better time when we define better as financially compensated. It's still very much at a net loss to humanity, but for personal (or small group) gain. IE it's become very profitable to shrink the pie