'Ray, this is a religion': How Bridgewater lost two top hires
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#2"Scientology, but for hedge funds!"
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#3> His main interest, as he wrote in his best-selling autobiography-cum–self-help book, Principles: Life and Work, is to lead others toward “meaningful lives” and “meaningful relationships.”
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> Staffers were given iPads and directed to rank one another on a one-to-ten scale on their performance dozens of times per day in categories derived from Dalio’s Principles
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> The goal of all the data, Dalio would say, was to sort everyone at Bridgewater on a single scale.
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Truly they’ve stumbled on the heart of human connection and meaning.
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#4This may have been just a stupid delusion by Dalio but some day one of these sociopaths is gonna get their hands on the wrong AI model and end us all.
The necessary precondition of private individuals side stepping democratic control via their unchecked powerful organizations is already established. Gotta hope for the whistleblowers...
Re: 'Ray, this is a religion': How Bridgewater lost two top hires
#5This may have been just a stupid delusion by Dalio but some day one of these sociopaths is gonna get their hands on the wrong AI model and end us all. The necessary precondition of private individuals side stepping democratic control via their unchecked powerful organizations is already established. Gotta hope for the whistleblowers...
I think you're seeing it wrong. When CEOs no longer need scientists and engineers, when they can speak their will into existence directly, they will immediately destroy themselves. This rating system, had the CEO gotten it's say, would not have made Bridgewater thrive. That stupid ideas are often impossible to accomplish is a huge barrier to stupid leadership screwing themselves sideways.
Anyways, thats the optimistic take :P
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#6> His main interest, as he wrote in his best-selling autobiography-cum–self-help book, Principles: Life and Work, is to lead others toward “meaningful lives” and “meaningful relationships.” … > Staffers were given iPads and directed to rank one another on a one-to-ten scale on their performance dozens of times per day in categories derived from Dalio’s Principles … > The goal of all the data, Dalio would say, was to…
If it comes out that Dalio was secretly sleeping with five different people at the company, at the same time, let's just say that my response would be, "that tracks."
Re: 'Ray, this is a religion': How Bridgewater lost two top hires
#7This may have been just a stupid delusion by Dalio but some day one of these sociopaths is gonna get their hands on the wrong AI model and end us all. The necessary precondition of private individuals side stepping democratic control via their unchecked powerful organizations is already established. Gotta hope for the whistleblowers...
I think you're seeing it wrong. When CEOs no longer need scientists and engineers, when they can speak their will into existence directly, they will immediately destroy themselves . This rating system, had the CEO gotten it's say, would not have made Bridgewater thrive. That stupid ideas are often impossible to accomplish is a huge barrier to stupid leadership screwing themselves sideways. Anyways, thats the optimist…
Sandbagging can just as easily be used for good or for evil.
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Oh, we are still having trouble with the requirements. It's all blocked up in committee. Not much progress to report.
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#8> His main interest, as he wrote in his best-selling autobiography-cum–self-help book, Principles: Life and Work, is to lead others toward “meaningful lives” and “meaningful relationships.” … > Staffers were given iPads and directed to rank one another on a one-to-ten scale on their performance dozens of times per day in categories derived from Dalio’s Principles … > The goal of all the data, Dalio would say, was to…
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#10It’s sad to see so many person/hours wasted spinning their wheels to please a narcissist.