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> I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t ‘hell yes,’ then it had to be ‘no.’ This is a concerning statement. It's the kind which is made by those who bel
by godelski 2y ago
> I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t ‘hell yes,’ then it had to be ‘no.’
This is a concerning statement. It's the kind which is made by those who believe they are being generous and fair while they aren't. This is how people surround themselves with "yes men". I fear that is connected to the predicament we are in, and this infection exists in many corporations. It's hard to fight. We want validation while many "yes men" are just trying to survive (but some are manipulative). But this always results in the death of a business. Too big to fail just means a slow death because the environment discourages competition. Ironically the environment Bezos is creating while claiming to be encouraging. It might even be sincere. As adults we still feel young, is this also true for businesses?
- mozzieman 2y agoIt is just Bezos corp speak way of saying he fired him without sounding negative.
- righthand 2y agoIt is also Bezos corp speak for “Who wouldn’t want to be a dog on my lap? I’ve got room.”
- selimthegrim 2y agoNow I’m imagining that basset hound clown car video where they all pile out of one doghouse but on his lap.
- godelski 2y ago> Bezos corp speak Yes? Double speak is created to mask normal speech. Being masked with what? I think we agree on the answer here.
- adamisom 2y ago>This is how people surround themselves with "yes men" >But this always results in the death of a business I think you are conflating a "business yes man" with a "newspaper angle yes man". It is fine for a major newspaper to endorse certain values, and distance themselves from others! It's fine because it's a big country with a lot of newspapers!
- godelski 2y agoI think you're conflating a different issue and making mole hills out of mountains. A paper, or journalism, is much more sensitive to these issues than a typical business btw. Because as you can imagine, once readers distrust a news source it is very hard to repair that reputation.
- pengaru 2y agoAren't we talking about op/ed here? I'm not a newspaper reader, but always assumed op/ed of any publication was a dumpster fire of biased opinions. A written variant of a FoxNews talking head telling viewers how/what to think about $topic...
- godelski 2y agoOp-eds aren't supposed to be that way, though yes many have become that. They are supposed to be experts opining about things related to their expertise. Such as a well known computer scientist opining about the field of computer science. This is useful communication to the general public and plays a valuable role in news. There's a million shades of grey. The bad actors only want you to see black and white