JVL: I'm still reading through the Ed Zitron article. But...
What if the disease that Donald Trump is a symptom of is clueless managerialism? If there's a throughline from Friedman's time to now, it's people being rewarded not only in spite of not knowing that the hell they are doing, but specifically because they don't know what they're …
JVL: I'm still reading through the Ed Zitron article. But...
What if the disease that Donald Trump is a symptom of is clueless managerialism? If there's a throughline from Friedman's time to now, it's people being rewarded not only in spite of not knowing that the hell they are doing, but specifically because they don't know what they're doing and are very persuasive about it?
It's also at the heart of what's driving AI. AI chatbots could free the clueless managers from what little work they have left for themselves in the Fortune 500 C-suite. It's not a tool for us plebs -- anyone who actually works for a living, from doctors on down to grocery clerks. It's a way to appropriate more and still do less for it.
JVL: I'm still reading through the Ed Zitron article. But...
What if the disease that Donald Trump is a symptom of is clueless managerialism? If there's a throughline from Friedman's time to now, it's people being rewarded not only in spite of not knowing that the hell they are doing, but specifically because they don't know what they're doing and are very persuasive about it?
It's also at the heart of what's driving AI. AI chatbots could free the clueless managers from what little work they have left for themselves in the Fortune 500 C-suite. It's not a tool for us plebs -- anyone who actually works for a living, from doctors on down to grocery clerks. It's a way to appropriate more and still do less for it.
AI is the techbro manifestation of the E4 Mafia.