[−]TheOtherHobbes · 2026-11-15 Sun 12:34 UTC ·
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A broken-window factory like Microsoft?
Can we stop pretending the private sector isn't a labyrinth of idiocy, opportunism, petty infighting, and inefficiency?
The private sector is very, very bad at thinking strategically in useful terms. Profit is a fool's proxy for progress.
Corporate values have been the single biggest brake on human development since the 1970s. We would be far further ahead on every metric with the kind of smarter strategic management that corporate culture makes unimaginable.
Can we stop pretending the private sector isn't a labyrinth of idiocy, opportunism, petty infighting, and inefficiency?
The private sector is very, very bad at thinking strategically in useful terms. Profit is a fool's proxy for progress.
Corporate values have been the single biggest brake on human development since the 1970s. We would be far further ahead on every metric with the kind of smarter strategic management that corporate culture makes unimaginable.