[ExI] India and the periodic table

[efc at swisscows.email]

Hello spike,

On Thu, 8 Jun 2023, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:

>> ...I propose "the third way" where companies return to their roots and only
> focus on long term profit and skip the politics...
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> The third way you propose, if anything, is an understatement.  I would
> emphasize that the CEO is hired specifically to maximize profits for the
> shareholders.  It is one's ethical duty to do the job one is hired to do.

Oh how far we've gotten from that simple, rational and logical model. =(
I agree with you, but the past 2 years I've met with many CEOs and
chairmans of the boards of small to mid sized swedish companies, and
they are all about diversity, inclusivity, equity, greenwashing and
anything else that you might read in your center/left newspaper.

But I believe that we'll see more CEOs eventually who will revert back
to Classic Capitalism (TM).

> The CEO is not hired to right every wrong in society.  That is what we elect
> politicians to do.  CEOs should check their politics at the door, focus on
> making money.  That's their job, their only job, and their duty.

Or so one would think. But at least in sweden, that is a minority point
of view. About the US I think it is one of those polarizing questions.

>> ...What do you think? Could this be a new trend?
>
>> ...Best regards,
> Daniel
>
>
> The Bud Light signal is hard to ignore.  It was an object lesson that most
> CEOs heard loud and clear.  A few missed it.  Target missed the target,
> ended up alienating nearly everybody.  Fire that CEO, get one who will keep
> quiet, serve everyone, don't participate in society's culture wars.

Where the CEOs of Bud Light and Target fired in the end?

> It would be nice of the universities would likewise back away from culture
> wars, but those seem to be the primary battle fields.

I read something about, was it... Florida, trying to roll back the
politics in some public schools and this generated a lot of tears among
students and faculty.

Best regards, 
Daniel


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