Carsten Knoch
carstenknoch.bsky.social
Carsten Knoch
@carstenknoch.bsky.social
Management consultant, business ethnographer/ anthropologist, vision enabler, thinker, listener, reader of books & the web, angry but hopeful. https://carstenknoch.com
"The silence around medium friendship is intended to protect others' feelings. Someone refers to you as a 'work friend,' and you privately huff, 'I thought we were closer than that.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:58 PM
"There's a real camaraderie that comes from fixing things together and feeling useful. We often go to the pub afterwards as our repair gang, too, though we have to hold back from fixing anything that's broken when we get there!

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December 10, 2024 at 11:58 PM
From populist politicians to holistic wellness influencers, anyone interested in power is able to weaponise thought-terminating cliches to dismiss followers' dissent or rationalise flawed arguments.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:58 PM
"All those bright, shiny aphorisms that are spoon-fed to young employees, like 'follow your dreams' and 'know your worth' and many more? Well, the truth is that they don't really work at work.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:58 PM
"We don't know how long we're going to live; we don't know what the interest rates will be; we don't know what the stock markets will do; we don't know what inflation rates are. Every one of us when we retire is on a unique journey of insecurity.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
"a spiritualized gloss on the same deluded logic that suggests that poverty is a choice

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December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
"It may be a relatively cost-effective way to cast the company as pro-worker at a time when millions are worried about losing their jobs to generative A.I., whose release has helped supercharge Microsoft’s share price.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
"There is one very clear parallel between the digital spreadsheet and generative AI: both are computer apps that collapse time.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
"We like to pretend that momentous events have big causes, but science says otherwise.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
"People don't believe in pseudoscience in a vacuum. They come to it because it offers something of value to their lives, and the last thing I want is to be seen as a thief of joy, a killer of comfort, and a destroyer of value.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
"I have yet to meet a chief executive who reads regularly. Many skip newspapers, and magazines are a stretch. They don't have time, they say. It's inefficient; they can get the information they need from those around them.

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December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM