Your story about Google matches what others have told me. They give you all these things so in the end they can own you. As for the innies, I agree. I also hope it's a question reality never has to ask.
When I mentioned to watch severance, I knew for a fact you were going to write an article about that scene with outie Irving and Burt at Burt’s house. Especially when they mention they talked to the priest about the questions ,” do in innies have souls?” Excellent thought provoking question with an excellent article 💯🔥
Really loved the intro Cam! I wonder if Dan Erickson was maybe thinking of the Apple-world (your version of the Googlesphere)? You led us through a great discussion on the subject!
I just got started - it's a long article and "I'll be back." But - I suddenly got a 'chill' from this description of Googlesphere because it reminded me of some other dysfunctional groups I've encountered in life - like some 'churches.' D'oh!
"And still I hated it. I chafed at the personality-flattening effects of the modern workplace. The stiff hierarchy was one thing; the mind-numbingly obtuse bureaucracy was another. The politicking, the emailing, the vacuous niceties before, after and during video call meetings, the constant surveillance—the ever-present awareness that you are performing, and anything you say can and will be used against you come performance review time—all of it was like living in a different universe. ..."
Your story about Google matches what others have told me. They give you all these things so in the end they can own you. As for the innies, I agree. I also hope it's a question reality never has to ask.
When I mentioned to watch severance, I knew for a fact you were going to write an article about that scene with outie Irving and Burt at Burt’s house. Especially when they mention they talked to the priest about the questions ,” do in innies have souls?” Excellent thought provoking question with an excellent article 💯🔥
Thanks so much! You know me well!
Really loved the intro Cam! I wonder if Dan Erickson was maybe thinking of the Apple-world (your version of the Googlesphere)? You led us through a great discussion on the subject!
I just got started - it's a long article and "I'll be back." But - I suddenly got a 'chill' from this description of Googlesphere because it reminded me of some other dysfunctional groups I've encountered in life - like some 'churches.' D'oh!
"And still I hated it. I chafed at the personality-flattening effects of the modern workplace. The stiff hierarchy was one thing; the mind-numbingly obtuse bureaucracy was another. The politicking, the emailing, the vacuous niceties before, after and during video call meetings, the constant surveillance—the ever-present awareness that you are performing, and anything you say can and will be used against you come performance review time—all of it was like living in a different universe. ..."