[ExI] India and the periodic table

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of efc--- via extropy-chat
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> 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?

The Bud Light chief was.  The Target CEO hasn't been fired yet as far as I
know, but his or her epic fail just happened in the past coupla, so there
might not have been enough time yet.

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>...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


Ja, the Florida public school system has managed to get itself all tangled
up in culture wars.  Disney World decided to double down on its culture wars
after finding itself on the opposite side as the popular governor of that
state, and things progressed from there.  I consider it an unforced error:
Disney must attract a broad clientele across the entire population, but the
governor of Florida only needs a simple majority to get elected.  It is best
for a business to not get into a pissing match with the governor of Florida.

As for the public schools, it sure seems simple to me.  Teachers, don't get
tangled up in culture wars.  Teach students what students come there to
learn.  Don't try to make little political activists out of them.  You get
fired doing that.  Simple.

spike