Why Microsoft is a Dysfunctional Narcissist acting like IBM from the ’70s, and Yahoo is an enabler, but Google knows what is going on and so Microsoft is smearing it
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Boy was that Scientific American article on good v. evil companies timely. So, after being branded as the “evil empire” for years, why am I again repeating this? Because Microsoft is positioning itself as a victim. It is not. Microsoft is an evil narcissist. IMO.
Narcissus
Over the years, Microsoft has forced me to pay [...]
Studies Cite Head Injuries As Factor in Some Social Ills - WSJ.com
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Studies Cite Head Injuries As Factor in Some Social Ills - WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal(subscription required for most, but not this) has an article saying that brain injuries are way more common, and account for way more problems, than we appreciate. (See the video either on [...]
Neuroeconomics: Companies self-select incompetent and possibly psychopathic CEOs
Sunday, October 14th, 2007More on Mr. Icahn’s theory of how incompetent people get to be CEO .
1. Hierarchies select for Machiavellians — those who are callous and unemotional toward co-workers can succeed more rapidly than those who are empathetic toward coworkers. You get rewarded for confiscating credit and off loading blame — whereas there is no reward for [...]
Neuroeconomics: Equality is hardwired
Saturday, October 13th, 2007Today’s Wall Street Journal (link and excerpts, after the jump) describes a neuroeconomics study people had to decide between overfeeding some African orphans at the expense of others (i.e., some overfed, some hungry), or taking everyone’s food away so everyone is the same (i.e., all hungry).Turns out most people vote for fairness — even if [...]