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It's healthier to think of business models more like organisms. Animals aren't "good" or "bad" for having a lifecycle that involves parasitism or predation, ste

It's healthier to think of business models more like organisms. Animals aren't "good" or "bad" for having a lifecycle that involves parasitism or predation, stealth or deceit, or any number of behaviors, like cannibalism. Life doesn't care how you live, just that you live.

matheusmoreira 4y ago
Businesses live because society allows them to live. How about we make humane business models a pre-condition for existence? "It exists in nature" is not a solid argument for anything. I've read about insects that coerce their mates into copulation under threat of predation. Yet nobody seriously argues that humans should be allowed to rape because rape exists in nature. Such an obviously sociopathic argument just doesn't fly.
- javajosh 4y ago
  I argue only that organisms evolve to occupy whatever space is available to them. This true of organisms, it is true of businesses. Both respond to incentives.
- humanizersequel 4y ago
  > Businesses live because society allows them to live. It is not a one way street from "mores of society" -> "business practices". Large corporations frequently go to extreme lengths attempting to manipulate what society does and does not allow.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  >"It exists in nature" is not a solid argument for anything. I've read about insects that coerce their mates into copulation under threat of predation. Yet nobody seriously argues that humans should be allowed to rape because rape exists in nature. Such an obviously sociopathic argument just doesn't fly. It's worse than that. Some insects (I think it's mantises) will murder each other after copulation. I'm not sure what the evolutionary advantage there is, but this doesn't seem like something humans should emulate. >How about we make humane business models a pre-condition for existence? No, because too many people don't want this.
howaboutnope 4y ago
I am not "life". Considering something humans do as "bad" is kinda like the cultural equivalent of an immune system. I don't judge a parasite for trying it on with me, because there is no utility in it. Use those resources for fighting back harder instead.

matheusmoreira 4y ago

Businesses live because society allows them to live. How about we make humane business models a pre-condition for existence? "It exists in nature" is not a solid argument for anything. I've read about insects that coerce their mates into copulation under threat of predation. Yet nobody seriously argues that humans should be allowed to rape because rape exists in nature. Such an obviously sociopathic argument just doesn't fly.

javajosh 4y ago
I argue only that organisms evolve to occupy whatever space is available to them. This true of organisms, it is true of businesses. Both respond to incentives.
humanizersequel 4y ago
> Businesses live because society allows them to live. It is not a one way street from "mores of society" -> "business practices". Large corporations frequently go to extreme lengths attempting to manipulate what society does and does not allow.
midoridensha 4y ago
>"It exists in nature" is not a solid argument for anything. I've read about insects that coerce their mates into copulation under threat of predation. Yet nobody seriously argues that humans should be allowed to rape because rape exists in nature. Such an obviously sociopathic argument just doesn't fly. It's worse than that. Some insects (I think it's mantises) will murder each other after copulation. I'm not sure what the evolutionary advantage there is, but this doesn't seem like something humans should emulate. >How about we make humane business models a pre-condition for existence? No, because too many people don't want this.

howaboutnope 4y ago

I am not "life". Considering something humans do as "bad" is kinda like the cultural equivalent of an immune system. I don't judge a parasite for trying it on with me, because there is no utility in it. Use those resources for fighting back harder instead.