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> Repair also serves companies better in the long run because one of the big results is that it ends up training the next generation of builders. While I total
by AlexandrB 3y ago
> Repair also serves companies better in the long run because one of the big results is that it ends up training the next generation of builders.
While I totally agree, this benefit is impossible to quantify on a quarterly report, so I expect it will not move decision makers. That's not to mention that MBOs and not engineers run many modern companies so their conception of engineers is "that cost centre I want to minimize", not a resource that needs to be nurtured.
- godelski 3y ago> this benefit is impossible to quantify on a quarterly report Well I think this is a more precise version of the short term long term dichotomy I expressed. So much of our world is dictated by quarterly reports and it's incredibly destructive. Isn't one of the key things that makes humans unique is our ability to do future planning? I guess quarterly is more than most animals, but it still seems incredibly short sighted considering we learned to prep for winter millennia ago.
- silexia 3y agoThe concept of limited liability is the source of many of America's societal ills. If people were liable forever for the actions and could not contract it away, especially when concerning actions that can harm the public, you would see executives and boards of directors behave very differently do today. Limited by ability socializes risk and harms and prioritizes profits. They both should be privatized.