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Reading this thing is an incredible downer and it makes everything sound black and white. It is literally poo-pooing on everything. Life is never this black and
by lbacaj 7y ago
Reading this thing is an incredible downer and it makes everything sound black and white. It is literally poo-pooing on everything. Life is never this black and white, although the thesis make for a good read it is still an inaccurate model of the real world.
> Moreover, increasing numbers of engineers, even at the most prestigious companies, are hired on temporary contracts. When the artificial growth model stalls, employees can expect mass layoffs, “anti-hierarchy” propaganda notwithstanding.
As an example, I dont find this to be true at all especially for great engineers. Our company is trying to move completely away from contractors.
- JBiserkov 7y ago>Reading this thing is an incredible downer and it makes everything sound black Full stop.
- ridewinter 7y agoThis article is what Karl Popper would call historicism — the idea that history has fixed laws or trends that inevitably lead to certain outcomes. Here's an article on why he considered it false and even dangerous: https://fs.blog/2016/03/karl-popper-mistake-of-historicism/ https://fs.blog/2016/03/karl-popper-mistake-of-historicism/