Ilana Ettinger
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Ilana Ettinger
How to do it: 1. Define a larger cause. 2. Articulate the problem better than anyone else. 3. Attack the status quo. 4. Define a category. 5. Build the right team. 6. Use “grassroots” customer testimony. 7. Release news in lightning strikes, not dribs and drabs. 8. Organize events to focus attention.9. Nurture your community. 10. Pick noble... See more
David Sacks • Your Startup Is a Movement
Overemployment is more than just a style of work. It’s an ideology of individualism and self-reliance held by many who feel that corporations have turned their backs on workers.
Fadeke Adegbuyi • The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job
Like “future of work” companies, workforce development companies are focused on addressing challenges in the labor markets. But unlike “future of work” companies, which are ambiguously defined to include a wide array of companies, the workforce development category is precisely focused on solutions that improve the quantity and quality of labor.
... See moreOliver Hsu • Building the American Workforce | Andreessen Horowitz
A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish.... See more
David Graeber • On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (366ES) — Atlas of Places
The bottom line is that 7 Rules of Power provides a clear roadmap for increasing your personal power and status over other people, if that’s what you’re looking to achieve. But it neglects to wrestle fully with the negative impacts of the tactics it espouses.