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Read this korrent: Business is not necessarily corrupt, but rather a fair number of bad actors appear due to the sheer volume of business being done.
Business is not necessarily corrupt, but rather a fair number of bad actors appear due to the sheer volume of business being done.
Last stated 39 years ago
27 Jul 1987
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Tom Peters — holds since 1987-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Apple's turn to services, taking a cut of other people's businesses, has been a corrupting force on the company. — tap to centre the map on it
Apple's turn to services, taking a cut of other people's businesses, has been a corrupting force on the company.
Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Bad actors tend to be relatively unsophisticated and bad at their jobs. — tap to centre the map on it
Bad actors tend to be relatively unsophisticated and bad at their jobs.
Last stated a month ago
15 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having little competition is bad for a business, because without a rival nobody keeps you honest about whether something is really good. — tap to centre the map on it
Having little competition is bad for a business, because without a rival nobody keeps you honest about whether something is really good.
Last stated 9 months ago
18 Jan 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The chance that a company has the ethics necessary to implement such transparency policies is incredibly low. — tap to centre the map on it
The chance that a company has the ethics necessary to implement such transparency policies is incredibly low.
Last stated 12 years ago
30 Dec 2014
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Zed Shaw — holds since 2014-12-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The business world is the moral inverse of the hacking world, because business is a world that promotes psychopathy. — tap to centre the map on it
The business world is the moral inverse of the hacking world, because business is a world that promotes psychopathy.
Last stated 3 years ago
29 Jun 2023
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George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One company doing one ill-advised thing damages an entire emerging industry, which is why safety is a shared problem rather than a competitive one. — tap to centre the map on it
One company doing one ill-advised thing damages an entire emerging industry, which is why safety is a shared problem rather than a competitive one.
Last stated 3 years ago
29 Dec 2023
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Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The ethics of AI companies and malign actors who exploit AI systems are a bigger worry than AI taking on a life of its own or going rogue. — tap to centre the map on it
The ethics of AI companies and malign actors who exploit AI systems are a bigger worry than AI taking on a life of its own or going rogue.
Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
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Brian Merchant — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people — tap to centre the map on it
Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people
Last stated 18 years ago
12 Jun 2008
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Max Bazerman — holds since 2008-06-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. — tap to centre the map on it
A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft.
Last stated a year ago
26 Jun 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can change fundamentally with new leadership — tap to centre the map on it
A company can change fundamentally with new leadership
Last stated 3 years ago
5 Mar 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them — tap to centre the map on it
A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them
Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Marco Arment — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data. — tap to centre the map on it
A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data.
Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service. — tap to centre the map on it
A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service.
Last stated a year ago
8 Jul 2025
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Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2025-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled. — tap to centre the map on it
A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 May 2024
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Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2024-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that handed its engineers Copilot and thinks it is now moving faster will be destroyed by the people using frontier models. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that handed its engineers Copilot and thinks it is now moving faster will be destroyed by the people using frontier models.
Last stated 8 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that is a genuine climate champion should not need to be forced into climate action. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that is a genuine climate champion should not need to be forced into climate action.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
EA
Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hired chief executive can become the author of a company's culture by giving it a re-founding event, as Satya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did. — tap to centre the map on it
A hired chief executive can become the author of a company's culture by giving it a re-founding event, as Satya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
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Business is not necessarily corrupt, but rather a fair number of bad actors appear due to the sheer volume of business being done.
Last stated 27 Jul 1987 · 39 years ago
Holds Tom Peters
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Apple's turn to services, taking a cut of other people's businesses, has been a corrupting force on the company.
Last stated 1 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
Bad actors tend to be relatively unsophisticated and bad at their jobs.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Zvi Mowshowitz
Similar wording
Having little competition is bad for a business, because without a rival nobody keeps you honest about whether something is really good.
Last stated 18 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
Similar wording
The chance that a company has the ethics necessary to implement such transparency policies is incredibly low.
Last stated 30 Dec 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds Zed Shaw
Similar wording
The business world is the moral inverse of the hacking world, because business is a world that promotes psychopathy.
Last stated 29 Jun 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds George Hotz
Similar wording
One company doing one ill-advised thing damages an entire emerging industry, which is why safety is a shared problem rather than a competitive one.
Last stated 29 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Philip Koopman
Similar wording
The ethics of AI companies and malign actors who exploit AI systems are a bigger worry than AI taking on a life of its own or going rogue.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Brian Merchant
Similar wording
Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people
Last stated 12 Jun 2008 · 18 years ago
Holds Max Bazerman
Same subject: Apple
A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft.
Last stated 26 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: Apple
A company can change fundamentally with new leadership
Last stated 5 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: Apple
A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Marco Arment
Same subject: self-driving cars
A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: self-driving cars
A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service.
Last stated 8 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Timothy B. Lee
Same subject: self-driving cars
A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled.
Last stated 21 May 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Timothy B. Lee
Same subject: Microsoft
A company that handed its engineers Copilot and thinks it is now moving faster will be destroyed by the people using frontier models.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Steve Yegge
Same subject: Microsoft
A company that is a genuine climate champion should not need to be forced into climate action.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Emily Atkin
Same subject: Microsoft
A hired chief executive can become the author of a company's culture by giving it a re-founding event, as Satya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did.
Last stated 18 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Tobias Lütke