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This person acts like they were disseminating propaganda for the reich. I get that doing corporate PR probably feels very cynical in general but coaching founde

by extr 2y ago

This person acts like they were disseminating propaganda for the reich. I get that doing corporate PR probably feels very cynical in general but coaching founders not to fumble the bag in an interview or writing blog posts about funding rounds are on the lesser evils side I think. Who is the victim of manipulation there? VCs? Lol

fiatpandas 2y ago
> Who is the victim of manipulation there Sometimes your own soul becomes the victim that affects you the most.
akira2501 2y ago
> This person acts like they were disseminating propaganda for the reich. I think part of the comfort one could enjoy when working for the Reich is that you are working for your own government and you are part of a large network of people that are actively telling the same lies you are. You might also assume that large parts of the population know you are lying, but you're lying "patriotically," so you feel much less guilt or confrontation over it. > are on the lesser evils side I think. It is interesting that this _often_ takes a much larger toll on people than those working in war. More interesting that people think a little moral relativism is the obvious cure. "It could be worse. You could be a Nazi." > Who is the victim of manipulation there? VCs? Did you read the article? This person clearly believes that VCs are poisonous entities that pervert the original vision of the founders they invest in so that they may see larger and faster returns on their speculative investments. So.. probably.. the entire industry?
- extr 2y ago
  I don’t know. The whole thing feels pretty insular. Who even pays attention to this kind of content that isn’t in the industry? The general public doesn’t care about this. An actually bad example of corporate PR is spinning oil spills or dangerous side effects with prime time advertisements. This is just good business imo
keiferski 2y ago
You don’t need to be not-doing evil things to feel dissatisfied with your work. There was a line in the post about not having written anything they actually believed in for a long time. That kind of thing weighs one’s soul down, even if it’s not “evil” in a grand sense.
- achenet 2y ago
  this. I imagine the author found themselves approaching their job like many of us here would approach a highly paid job where you have to write COBOL or caricaturally bad entreprise Java all day.
- from-nibly 2y ago
  Yes, but also at the same time I feel like we need to raise the bar for what isn't evil. Maybe not Bible levels of unwashed hands are evil. Maybe we could start calling the BS evil. That doesn't mean we have to call everyone involved evil, but the BS can still be evil.
mihaaly 2y ago
They are disseminating propaganda! Not for the reich but for an other evil: greed.

by extr 2y ago

fiatpandas 2y ago

> Who is the victim of manipulation there Sometimes your own soul becomes the victim that affects you the most.

akira2501 2y ago

> This person acts like they were disseminating propaganda for the reich. I think part of the comfort one could enjoy when working for the Reich is that you are working for your own government and you are part of a large network of people that are actively telling the same lies you are. You might also assume that large parts of the population know you are lying, but you're lying "patriotically," so you feel much less guilt or confrontation over it. > are on the lesser evils side I think. It is interesting that this _often_ takes a much larger toll on people than those working in war. More interesting that people think a little moral relativism is the obvious cure. "It could be worse. You could be a Nazi." > Who is the victim of manipulation there? VCs? Did you read the article? This person clearly believes that VCs are poisonous entities that pervert the original vision of the founders they invest in so that they may see larger and faster returns on their speculative investments. So.. probably.. the entire industry?

extr 2y ago
I don’t know. The whole thing feels pretty insular. Who even pays attention to this kind of content that isn’t in the industry? The general public doesn’t care about this. An actually bad example of corporate PR is spinning oil spills or dangerous side effects with prime time advertisements. This is just good business imo

keiferski 2y ago

You don’t need to be not-doing evil things to feel dissatisfied with your work. There was a line in the post about not having written anything they actually believed in for a long time. That kind of thing weighs one’s soul down, even if it’s not “evil” in a grand sense.

achenet 2y ago
this. I imagine the author found themselves approaching their job like many of us here would approach a highly paid job where you have to write COBOL or caricaturally bad entreprise Java all day.
from-nibly 2y ago
Yes, but also at the same time I feel like we need to raise the bar for what isn't evil. Maybe not Bible levels of unwashed hands are evil. Maybe we could start calling the BS evil. That doesn't mean we have to call everyone involved evil, but the BS can still be evil.

mihaaly 2y ago

They are disseminating propaganda! Not for the reich but for an other evil: greed.