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A specific culture is not only the "Secret Sauce" of Goldman Sachs, but of our Western society at large, especially of the Northern European society (and its de
by yaix 15y ago
A specific culture is not only the "Secret Sauce" of Goldman Sachs, but of our Western society at large, especially of the Northern European society (and its derivatives, all those formed by the ideas of the Enlightenment and with our Generalized Reciprocity, as R. Putnam [Book: "Bowling Alone"] calls it). Our current economic system, starting in the late senventies, is rapidly destroying that very basis of our societies' Secret Sauce. Sucks.
- redcircle 15y agoPaul Goodman published "Growing Up Absurd" in 1960. I wonder how much of our secret sauce is based on people trying to escape the absurdity of their environments --- would we have a Silicon Valley if people felt comfortable and happy remaining in their childhood communities?