By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026This is doubtless true - but we can generalize this, to "a CEO who didn't appreciate process knowledge." I've come to believe that process knowledge is the *most* undervalued part of our society. 55/ 1251
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026So undervalued that business geniuses like Elon Musk think you can fire skilled lifers from key government agencies and simply hire new ones if turns out you cut too deep. 56/ 2242
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026So undervalued that Trump thinks that you can simply stand up new factories in response to tariffs, and that "training" will somehow allow people to go to work making things that haven't been produced onshore in a generation. 57/ 1262
georgegoodall.bsky.social @georgegoodall.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Michael Lewis introduced a related concept in _The Premonition_ -- the L6: "someone six levels down, and no one knows they exist... If you’re a gifted manager, the first thing you do is try to find that L6." (He borrowed the idea from Todd Park) 2112
