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Sorry, I could've been clearer, I understood the reference, I wanted to know what they meant by signing off like that. I took an inference that seemed unusual a
by maxbond 3y ago
Sorry, I could've been clearer, I understood the reference, I wanted to know what they meant by signing off like that. I took an inference that seemed unusual and perhaps mistaken, so I wanted clarification.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoIn the Moloch essay, there are several examples of 'capitalism' or 'libertarianism' that make the point that there is such a constant drive to cut costs, that humans will destroy themselves. And this drive is "Moloch", we are it, and also subject to it. So to me Boeing is just another example in a long line of corporations just doing what corporations do, cut costs, no matter what the impact. It sounds too blatant, who would consciously want to kill people to save a few pennies. But what actually happens is just organizational, everyone has a budget to hit, there are layers and layers of middle managers that are getting squeezed, and they start cutting corners. No single corner seems that bad. But it is a constant slow progression towards disaster. A thousand cuts. Some 'common joe manager' that has a kid in collage, a mortgage, and his boss is breathing down his neck, so he cuts a corner. -- But the problem is, everyone has a boss, no one is free, the entire organization/system is the beast, but we also comprise the beast. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
- maxbond 3y agoThanks for clarifying, I had taken the wrong idea.