Kir
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Authoritarian societies can rely on an educated elite; mere mass society, on shared dumb show. Liberal cities can’t.
“Let’s give thanks that we have two legs and two arms to spin, and that we live in the greatest country in the world!”
― The Hopefuls
― The Hopefuls
“Despite the fact that the entire continent was unable to itself produce even a single consumer Internet company of global scope, Europe did reserve the right to control how those (American) companies did business.”
― Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
― Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
“The secret of managing is keeping the people who hate you away from the ones who haven’t made up their minds.”
― The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
― The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
“Being an introvert is not an excuse for making no effort to treat people like real human beings, however.”
― The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
― The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
“Most managers are incompetent and maintain their jobs via inertia and politics.”
― Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
― Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
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