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Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
Richard Dawkins • The Selfish Gene
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They evolved into a variety of hominid species, all of whom have since been discontinued, except one—a saucy one called homo sapiens. For them, the advancements in intelligence proved to be a major survival asset, so their cognitive capacity rapidly increased, developing into an array of shiny new tools that no animal had ever possessed before.... See more
Tim Urban • Page Not Found — Wait But Why
...we’ve been trained to think of organizations as homogenous and mechanistic, with a clear set of rules, a command-and-control structure, and the ability to leverage hierarchy to get things done quickly by issuing top-down directives to reallocate resources to meet objectives.
Aric Wood • The Organization as a Machine: An Outdated Concept - XPLANE | Organizational Change Management Consulting
Inventing the Telegraph
engines.egr.uh.edulistening to this, and then a podcast about the telephone made me comfortable that i could learn any and everything about how the internet worked.
Big companies exert low levels of stress. But that stress is often low agency, so you often feel miserable in face of problems.
Startups exert high levels of stress. But that stress is often high agency, so you often feel energized in the face of problems.
Terrence Rohanx.com