Like most neoliberal institutions, Boeing had come under the spell of a seductive new theory of “knowledge” that essentially reduced the whole concept to a combination of intellectual property, trade secrets, and data, discarding “thought” and “understanding” and “complex reasoning” possessed by a skilled and experienced workforce as essentially not worth the increased health care costs.

Damn that’s the most relatable thing I’ve heard in a while.

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      9 months ago

      Come to think of it, all the Russiagate stuff is essentially people imagining that Putin is a super genius election hacker when the reality is that we’re doing it to ourselves. There’s a theme here.