Month: July 2024
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Rank, Role, Pay
Rank is where you sit in a hierarchy. You get positional authority from it. Role is what your responsibilities and operational authority are. Pay is how you are compensated. Some places try to keep these three tightly coupled — “Only people of this Rank can hold this Role, and Pay is bound to Rank.” Only…
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PLEASE REMEMBER YOU’RE SHOPPING BAGS
“This! This right here!” He pointed at a hand-written sign that said, “PLEASE REMEMBER YOU’RE SHOPPING BAGS” while invading my personal space. “If you fix this, all the probabilities align and the world doesn’t suck!” The mania was obvious, but something was off. Too clean for a tweeker or homeless. I just need milk. “Ignore…
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Minority Rule
Today is Independence Day, 2024. As it may be the last such occurrence in more than name only, we should enumerate what stands to be lost to minority rule. The majority clearly shares common preferences for a value system where you are emancipated from those who would deny you the ability to actualize yourself because…
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power and consequences are directly proportional
“With great power comes great responsibility” — Uncle Ben in every Spider-Man media ever made We want fairness, and in that fairness we want those who are more powerful to be punished more when they use that power to harm. We want this because of a concept of fairness called “fairness as justice” which is…