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Comment by edoceo

8 hours ago

Corporations are not, they're made of humans but they behave worse than an individual.

Fully agree. Humans are social animals who behave differently in different contexts, and the corporate context statistically ensures that the humans inside of it behave in all sorts of lamentable ways.

Corporations are just groups of people working under a common name towards a common goal, even when that goal is flimsy or bad.

  • > Corporations are just groups of people working under a common name towards a common goal

    Exactly in the same way as humans are just groups of cells working under a common genetic identity towards a common goal.

  • Yes, but the worst human in an org, has the potential to drag the whole org down. Further, people are not aligned, so groups may disagree with an act, but each lack a majority to effect change. And group infighting may mean no cooperation.

    We see this in politics. Orgs are political too.

    (no "political" doesn't mean US Left/Righr here. It means simply "political" which can have nothing to do with government or party politics)

And who do you think makes these behavioural decisions? There is no “corporation”, there are, however, those currently on that company’s payroll.

It’s their fault. The people. The humans. The ones working there. The ones knowingly employing their knowledge in service of the company.

It’s always the humans.