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And there were the Jews, with the conical hats and the yellow badges that the Christian authorities forced them to wear, so that they could be easily identified as objects of contempt and hatred.
“a warning to young entrepreneurs: take money from a venture capitalist, and you’ll end up working for some smug, sarcastic, know-it-all prick like this guy, who will constantly tell you that you’re not working hard enough while he spends his days getting into arguments on Twitter.”
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
“The “persecution” of the Christians had vastly more to do with the intolerance of the Christians for the pantheon of local gods than the reverse. What we read is history written by the Christian side, not the Greco-Roman one.”
― Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“...they sell dollar bills for seventy-five cents and take credit for how fast they’re growing.”
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
“Our brains are wired to deal with stress that is intense but brief, like escaping from a predator or fleeing from a burning building. We’re not wired to handle chronic, ongoing stress, even if it is relatively mild.”
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
“Countless studies show that these nightmarish hellholes called “open offices” destroy productivity and make people miserable. Yet companies keep inflicting them on us, coyly pretending that the goal is to “foster collaboration,” when really it is to squeeze pennies out of overhead by packing more people into fewer square feet of floor space.”
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
― Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us
Gaurav’s 2024 Year in Books
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