tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post6471719340826871621..comments2024-03-08T11:20:30.095-07:00Comments on Credit Bubble Stocks: QuietUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-18904359092165671882012-11-23T01:49:53.876-07:002012-11-23T01:49:53.876-07:00Distractions.Distractions.Luke The Debtorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07527422933669490001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-60014903903937858272012-11-19T13:05:06.493-07:002012-11-19T13:05:06.493-07:00"More revealing is that the Amazon CEO's ..."More revealing is that the Amazon CEO's fondness for the written word drives one of his primary, and peculiar, tools for managing his company: Meetings of his 'S-team' of senior executives begin with participants quietly absorbing the written word. Specifically, before any discussion begins, members of the team -- including Bezos -- consume six-page printed memos in total silence for as long as 30 minutes. (Yes, the e-ink purveyor prefers paper. Ironic, no?) They scribble notes in the margins while the authors of the memos wait for Bezos and his minions to finish reading."<br /><br />http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/16/jeff-bezos-amazon/CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-5522723202970430212012-11-19T00:30:18.349-07:002012-11-19T00:30:18.349-07:00Well, obviously there's two separate but relat...Well, obviously there's two separate but related things: noise-noise and propaganda-noise.<br /><br />Concerning the former, there's an undeniable IQ correlation. Dumb people can't handle being "alone with their thoughts" because they don't have very many thoughts.<br /><br />As for the latter, yes, I think the amount of group think has increased. There's no time to consider the merits or anything anymore, it's all a big race to be the first out the gate with a snarky tweet. So everyone is using biases and stereotypes to think quickly instead of deeply, and those are going to rely on and reinforce group-think.Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-9454843730503711402012-11-18T23:19:51.191-07:002012-11-18T23:19:51.191-07:00I'm sure there was always plenty of groupthink...I'm sure there was always plenty of groupthink, but now its more difficult for a thinking person to avoid being subjected to it.<br /><br />The problem, which I should have mentioned in the post, is that technology has caused the cost of din to fall and is now ~0.<br /><br />For example - live bands used to take a break and even go home for the night. Now, a guy can have a house party with speakers blaring and pass out with them still on at the end of the night, subjecting everyone to noise. <br /><br />Live music in parking lots? Elevators? CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-42265014102509160112012-11-18T22:13:44.462-07:002012-11-18T22:13:44.462-07:00Do you think there was less groupthink before nois...Do you think there was less groupthink before noise became ubiquitous? Is it possible there was just plain less thinking before the introduction of mass media?<br /><br />As an aside, experience seems to demonstrate that logic is a poor means of persuading someone of any proposition ... which may mean that even if we think more or less than in the past, that may have little to do with our ultimate convictions.<br /><br />Gotta say that as I get older the din becomes more and more irritating ... Pretty girls/pretty boys/have you ever heard your mama say/noise annoys?freude budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000453181225358174noreply@blogger.com