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Read this korrent: Culture's use is to make us truly feel that wealth is only machinery
Culture's use is to make us truly feel that wealth is only machinery
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Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Mere freedom to do as one likes is worship of machinery; the blessed thing is to like what right reason ordains — tap to centre the map on it
Mere freedom to do as one likes is worship of machinery; the blessed thing is to like what right reason ordains
MA
Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Culture, the pursuit of total perfection through knowing the best thought and said, is the great help out of our present difficulties — tap to centre the map on it
Culture, the pursuit of total perfection through knowing the best thought and said, is the great help out of our present difficulties
MA
Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Culture is perhaps best defined as a constantly expanding perception of meanings — tap to centre the map on it
Culture is perhaps best defined as a constantly expanding perception of meanings
JD
John Dewey — holds since c. 1916 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Culture looks beyond machinery, hates hatred, and has one great passion for sweetness and light — tap to centre the map on it
Culture looks beyond machinery, hates hatred, and has one great passion for sweetness and light
MA
Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An organization's culture is the accumulated judgment built up over time, and that judgment is what helps people make good decisions about people, products, and the business. — tap to centre the map on it
An organization's culture is the accumulated judgment built up over time, and that judgment is what helps people make good decisions about people, products, and the business.
Last stated 5 years ago
1 Mar 2022
GB
Gibson Biddle — holds since 2022-03-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tech culture is mining for productivity and it never feels like enough. — tap to centre the map on it
Tech culture is mining for productivity and it never feels like enough.
Last stated 7 months ago
8 Apr 2026
GL
Grant Lee — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Culture springs from the love of perfection and the passion for doing good, not mere curiosity — tap to centre the map on it
Culture springs from the love of perfection and the passion for doing good, not mere curiosity
MA
Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beauty shows that culture is not simply utilitarian, since a lack of beauty is something civilization cannot tolerate — tap to centre the map on it
Beauty shows that culture is not simply utilitarian, since a lack of beauty is something civilization cannot tolerate
SF
Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
RK
Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
PB
Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it
"Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it
A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is.
Last stated 15 years ago
28 Oct 2011
PM
Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it
A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills.
Last stated a year ago
28 May 2025
CF
Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Last stated 3 months ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
TP
Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
WL
Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
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Culture's use is to make us truly feel that wealth is only machinery
Last stated c. 1867–1869
Holds Matthew Arnold
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Mere freedom to do as one likes is worship of machinery; the blessed thing is to like what right reason ordains
Last stated c. 1867–1869
Holds Matthew Arnold
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Culture, the pursuit of total perfection through knowing the best thought and said, is the great help out of our present difficulties
Last stated c. 1867–1869
Holds Matthew Arnold
Similar wording
Culture is perhaps best defined as a constantly expanding perception of meanings
Last stated c. 1916
Holds John Dewey
Similar wording
Culture looks beyond machinery, hates hatred, and has one great passion for sweetness and light
Last stated c. 1867–1869
Holds Matthew Arnold
Similar wording
An organization's culture is the accumulated judgment built up over time, and that judgment is what helps people make good decisions about people, products, and the business.
Last stated 1 Mar 2022 · 5 years ago
Holds Gibson Biddle
Similar wording
Tech culture is mining for productivity and it never feels like enough.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Grant Lee
Similar wording
Culture springs from the love of perfection and the passion for doing good, not mere curiosity
Last stated c. 1867–1869
Holds Matthew Arnold
Similar wording
Beauty shows that culture is not simply utilitarian, since a lack of beauty is something civilization cannot tolerate
Last stated c. 1930
Holds Sigmund Freud
Same subject: curiosity
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 3 Jul 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Raph Koster
Same subject: curiosity
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 17 Oct 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Peter Bevelin
Same subject: curiosity
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Charlie Munger
Same subject: management
"Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role.
Last stated 17 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Charity Majors
Same subject: management
A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is.
Last stated 28 Oct 2011 · 15 years ago
Holds Patrick McKenzie
Same subject: management
A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills.
Last stated 28 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Camille Fournier
Same subject: team size
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Tom Verrilli
Same subject: team size
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Thuan Pham
Same subject: team size
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Last stated 14 Jul 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Will Larson