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Post by blog47177 on Nov 11, 2023 4:26:17 GMT
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Post by septet on Nov 11, 2023 17:38:08 GMT
"Musk himself at times appeared cavalier about safety on visits to SpaceX sites: Four employees said he sometimes played with a novelty flamethrower and discouraged workers from wearing safety yellow because he dislikes bright colors."
Fuck Elon Musk.
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Post by purelyconstructive on Nov 14, 2023 19:51:20 GMT
To be honest, I do not have a very high opinion of some of Musk's behavior or the activities of the companies that he is involved in (e.g.: Paypal, The Boring Company, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, Twitter/X, etc.). But I could easily say the same of many, many companies. The issues really are systemic and pervasive. For example, this quote from the video stood out to me:
Several years ago, I worked at a factory. They hardly trained employees. "Safety awareness" consisted of watching a 5-minute video at the employment office. I literally learned what was expected on the job from my wonderful coworkers as I did it. It was also very physically demanding, and breaks felt way too short when you are working there full-time. I remember getting frustrated that managers wanted us to meet certain quotas (e.g.: x number of boxes to be packed and/or x number of pallets to be filled each day), but there was not proper training or enough people hired for us to realistically make them. I ended up leaving because I tore a meniscus in my right knee while rushing around on the production floor.
Other than some "mom-and-pop shops" in the smallest of "cottage industries", nearly every company is run like that. What drives it? I can think of a few factors:
1. Objectification (instead of Humanization, Empathy) 2. Competition (instead of Cooperation, Collaboration) 3. Rigid Hierarchies (instead of Equality, Distribution of Power)
All of those qualities reinforce one another and become fused into the structure of the business through "bureaucracy". They are present not only within individual businesses, but across businesses as a whole, to the point where most people dread being within their workplace. Those qualities are literally "anti-life", so people avoid them. "Quiet quitting", "NEETs", and so on are not trends that have suddenly appeared, but they seemed to have increased since a large number of people around the world have gotten a taste of being at home for an extended period of time because of lockdown.
Therefore, I think that the people with sociopathic/psychopathic tendencies (such as an insatiable sense of greed, arrogance, and selfishness) that are at the "top" of many social structures are a symptom of a much deeper problem. Is the overall state of society a reflection of the individual people within it? How many people do you know who are generous without some ulterior motive, genuinely humble, and considerate of the people around them? Being "employed" or "owning a business" does not necessarily mean that one is contributing constructive things to society.
That said, I am far from perfect and I am not blaming anyone, not even the sociopathic/psychopathic amongst us. "We all need Jesus", as it were. I just sincerely wonder what to do about it. What would y'all like to work towards together?
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Post by blog47177 on Nov 26, 2023 0:09:59 GMT
Elon Musk is the Next Donald Trump the way this is going.
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Post by blog47177 on Dec 14, 2023 2:14:09 GMT
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Post by purelyconstructive on Dec 14, 2023 21:48:28 GMT
I just wanted to pop in and thank you blog47177 for continuing to collect references on these subjects. It is nice having a lot of related material easily accessible without having to wade through the news.
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Post by blog47177 on Dec 24, 2023 23:11:36 GMT
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Post by blog47177 on Jan 5, 2024 22:59:40 GMT
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Post by blog47177 on Feb 19, 2024 21:57:47 GMT
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Post by blog47177 on Mar 16, 2024 22:03:41 GMT
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Post by blog47177 on Apr 18, 2024 22:08:52 GMT
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