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Beat me to posting about the Songbook, but this one's a much funnier article about it: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/tripping-through-i
by gspetr 3y ago
Beat me to posting about the Songbook, but this one's a much funnier article about it: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/tripping-through-ibms-astonishingly-insane-1937-corporate-songbook/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/tripp...
Prev HN discussion about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25227824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25227824
Some select lines that I found particularly amusing:
We don't pretend we're gay.
We always feel that way,
Because we're filling the world with sunshine.
With I.B.M. machines,
We've got the finest means,
For brightly painting the clouds with sunshine.
—from "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine"
- insane_dreamer 3y agoOMG, that songbook is very cult-like Thomas Watson is our inspiration, Head and soul of our splendid I.B.M. We are pledged to him in every nation, Our President and most beloved man. His wisdom has guided each division In service to all humanity We have grown and broadened with his vision, None can match him or our great company. T. J. Watson, we all honor you, You're so big and so square and so true, We will follow and serve with you forever, All the world must know what I. B. M. can do. —from "To Thos. J. Watson, President, I.B.M. Our Inspiration" I guess a show like Severance doesn't need to look to fiction for inspiration; plenty of examples in history