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by twayt 4y ago
People should be allowed to do what makes them the most productive, be given feedback and coached if they’re not productive enough and finally let go if that doesn’t work. That’s how it has always been. There are always many factors affecti
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+1 to this. I'd go one step further and say that it doesn't matter who is actually slacking at home. The same people probably slack at the office too. In any case, if work from home increases the number of people who slack or the
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by twayt 4y ago
Contributor generally means someone who is not part of the exec team
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Disagree with Musk on this one. His follow up tweet "They should pretend to work somewhere else" implies that everyone who works remotely is merely pretending to work. To make a blanket statement like this shows a lack of judgemen
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For induction to work, you need to have a base-case to apply the inductive rule to. There definitionally has to be at least one desire that isn't derived from others. I don't think Girard would ever seriously have made the absolut
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by twayt 4y ago
It is clear that the subject of Girard claims is a person who is assimilated into society and observes other people (true of most people). For example, I doubt that he would make the claim that a recluse who was born isolated and never got
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by twayt 4y ago
I would probably agree with Girard that "usually" is accurate if you consider the aggregate of human behavior
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I'm definitely not an expert on Girard's work but I agree with what you said. This seems to map on to the concept of `external` mediation [0]. I agree that `external` mimetic mediation does play a role in the choices that you desc
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by twayt 4y ago
Do you have a source where Girard claims that mimetic desire is the only way we develop desires? The closest quote I could find from him is that "All desire is a desire for being". But I'm genuinely curious if you know of a q
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> Girard argues that we don’t develop our own desires but want what others seem to want I don't think that this is precisely what he argues. There is an obvious circularity of logic if you believe this. If everyone only wants what s
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That "people are sheep "is merely the first idea that his thinking is based off of. The rest of it is about the mechanics that follow. If you actually read the article you can see that there's a discussion of those ideas beyo
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by twayt 4y ago
On the outside, VC should theoretically be about value investing in the best startups that have sound fundamentals and can grow. Practically, when the market is optimistic and everyone wants to invest in high growth startups, the game can b
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by twayt 4y ago
> what's another place in the US with mild year-round weather, walkable neighborhoods (haven't driven a car in 12 years), and easy access to an international airport? If you consider SF (the city) weather mild, there are a ton
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by twayt 4y ago
You basically described the adult world. While our justice system isn’t perfect, it helps to curtail the chaos caused by the “thousands of weirdos and anti-social” adults. I don’t claim to know the intricacies of this problem but it seems d
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by twayt 4y ago
How about having a mandatory committee that seriously investigates {physical, social, cyber, etc.}-bullying more instead of just ignoring it? We can both work on stringent gun laws and take the mental health of children/teenagers more
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by twayt 4y ago
> So you agree that socialising at work is more difficult for some people than others... That statement paints an incomplete picture of my views. It is the combination of the person and environment. I'm sure there is variance among
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by twayt 4y ago
Find hobbies other than working. You can use the weekend to do that. The reason socializing at work sucks is because it is not a very natural environment to make friends. Alliances, yes but friends are harder. Even if you make genuine frien
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> Which implies the opposite. You have no way of determining that unless you're in the same environment. For someone who's usually successful socially, it is an utter shame to have to sit through the lunch and be forced to list
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by twayt 4y ago
> It is much harder to gain tacit knowledge (The important stuff) when you're remote. I read a lot, and it's no match for picking a skilled person's brain for even just 30min-1hr. I have the exact opposite experience. Duri
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by twayt 4y ago
Agreed, it is great when it works. I don't miss it though, many times in the past, it has been some "senior" dev high on his own stimulant supply dominating the conversation for the entire lunch, not letting anyone else get a
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by twayt 4y ago
> Different people absorb knowledge in different ways. Just because you learned the most by reading articles doesn't mean that is true for everyone. ...and that's precisely the reason I asked the question > Many times in my
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by twayt 4y ago
> I think your post paints a false dichotomy Nope. Never said it is "always a choice between working from home and commuting huge distances to an office in a city you hate". It is a counterpoint to the original comment that hyp
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You really don't understand the incentive people have here? It is the same as politics. The more polarized you can make things and the more you point out the flaws of the opposing perspective, the easier it is to influence public opini
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by twayt 4y ago
Forcing yourself to get your social interaction requirements met at work isn't ideal. It is like trying to get your protein requirements met from potatoes. Yes, you can if you force yourself and try really hard. However, it is much mor
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What exactly do you learn from your coworkers? It isn't like you are pair programming constantly with senior devs all the time. I've learnt way more reading papers and documentation than being in the same physical space as more se
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This is unquestionably false for everyone I know including myself. 1. Many people already have built good relationships with their colleagues prior to WFH and talking to them over GVC helps the relationship. You are allowed to open up more
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Sounds like you’re misunderstanding what my comment was referring to. The first statement was a summary of the original article and the second one is from the new source I linked.
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I don't know if you actually looked at the link in this post. The 1 in 4 number is from the original study linked in this post. Girls and boys refer specifically to females and males under 18.
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Sorry, I meant "ability to excel and take on responsibility within Google isn't equal to experience at Google"
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The most common argument I've heard is that women are more likely to seek help than men since mental health issues are more stigmatized in men.

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