Ed Zitron
Person on 4 sites
Writer and public-relations executive, chief executive of EZPR, author of the newsletter Where’s Your Ed At and host of the podcast Better Offline. Writes…
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The modern executive is symbolic: what gets rewarded is the appearance of doing work rather than any output anyone can measure. (opens korrents.com)
“We live in the era of the symbolic executive, when "being good at stuff" matters far less than the appearance of doing stuff, where "what's useful" is dictated not by outputs or metrics that one can measure but rather…”
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The chief executive is no longer a leadership role but a figurehead measured only on growing the company’s market capitalisation. (opens korrents.com)
“The Chief Executive — who makes over 300 times more than their average worker — is no longer a leadership position, but a kind of figurehead measured on their ability to continually grow the market capitalization of…”
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Management has stopped meaning doing work and now means maintaining a culture of dominance and extraction. (opens korrents.com)
“Management as a concept no longer means doing "work," but establishing cultures of dominance and value extraction.”
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The modern executive is symbolic: what gets rewarded is the appearance of doing work rather than any output anyone can measure. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Signal (opens rcmnd.app)
“Move to Signal, an encrypted messaging app that works on just about everything.”
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DeleteMe (opens rcmnd.app)
“Get a service like DeleteMe (I pay for it, I worked for them like 4 years ago, I have no financial relationship with them) to remove yourself from data brokers.”
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GeForce Now (opens rcmnd.app)
“So, I’d recommend GeForce Now, which is really good at $4.16 a month or whatever. You can connect your Steam account and access the games you’ve actually paid for, and the performance on PC/in a browser is fine.”
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Signal (opens rcmnd.app)