By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026This looks like very sound advice for anyone in a corporate environment, but thankfully, that isn't me. Rather than summarize that advice, I want to reflect a little on two questions that Suresh's essay raises but doesn't answer. 60/ 1732
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026The first is *why*? Why are people in power such easy converts to this religious mania? I have my own theory. The most important discomfort that powerful people experience is having ego-shattering conflicts with subordinates who know how to do things they do not know how to do. 61/ 217625
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026The fact that you're "in charge" is hard to reconcile with the fact that the people you're nominally in charge *of* tell you that all your ideas are impossible, illegal, immoral, or lethal: pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f... 62/pluralistic.netPluralistic: A world without people (05 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 113611
