The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming
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The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming
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Re: The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming
#2On a related note, I think the argument has a strong correlation to the concept of any corporate entity. Replace cow, with employee; replace land with social impact. In both scenarios, people become more and more detached from the actual impact and consequences of their work. A corporate employee, or more commonly the executive layer, is charged with maximizing a single number: increase the sales, increase the share price, increase the page views. Where this leads, I'm not quite sure.
Re: The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming
#3On a related note, I think the argument has a strong correlation to the concept of any corporate entity. Replace cow, with employee; replace land with social impact. In both scenarios, people become more and more detached from the actual impact and consequences of their work. A corporate employee, or more commonly the executive layer, is charged with maximizing a single number: increase the sales, increase the share…
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Re: The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming
#4On a related note, I think the argument has a strong correlation to the concept of any corporate entity. Replace cow, with employee; replace land with social impact. In both scenarios, people become more and more detached from the actual impact and consequences of their work. A corporate employee, or more commonly the executive layer, is charged with maximizing a single number: increase the sales, increase the share…
Many corporations do this on purpose in order to serve their bottom line. Telcos are famous for it. There's a reason you can't call ATT Wireless and request the same rep by name each time you call. They don't want you forming a relationship with the CSR. That might lead to them treating you with some favor. The process is intentionally depersonalized.
Re: The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming
#5On a related note, I think the argument has a strong correlation to the concept of any corporate entity. Replace cow, with employee; replace land with social impact. In both scenarios, people become more and more detached from the actual impact and consequences of their work. A corporate employee, or more commonly the executive layer, is charged with maximizing a single number: increase the sales, increase the share…
I know it's experimentally proven that people are more likely to cheat/steal the more levels of abstraction there are between the things being gained/stolen and money.
I don't find what you're saying hard to believe at all, seems like the same or at least very similar behaviour.