Author: Роман Петров — 786
The company decided
Often, you can find a way to solve problems in an organization simply by moving away from impersonal statements. Impersonality implies a lack of responsibility. “The company decided,” “this is…
Applied Reconism. Corporate Governance
Reputation and opportunism American economist Mancur Olson, in his work “The Logic of Collective Action,” provided a coherent argument that in large groups, the rational behavior of an individual optimizing…
Dilution of responsibility
Imagine a nuclear power plant. There’s a need to determine how to distribute the fuel load in the reactor. Where to place which fuel with what enrichment, where to transfer…
Human Resource Management · Management
How to properly resign
In a conversation with invisible readers about family and marriage, I mentioned that the stamp in a passport is not a form of a marriage contract, but rather a divorce…
Business processes and radish
A long time ago, when I was in school, we were sent to gather radishes at a state farm near Boryspil. It was like a “labor camp.” Practically the same…
Big deception
—.Jack, do you see that pile of crap?—.Yes, Tom.—.Do you want me to give you 100 dollars if you eat it?—.It’s a deal!—.And now you’re Tom, do you see that…
Our man
Once, while walking through the slums of Cairo, my wife and I were slightly…We got lost. The thing is, we were walking and navigating (there was no GPS or mobile…
Human Resource Management · Sex
The Problem of the Picky Bride
Never let morality stop you from doing the right thing. A. Asimov. The world viewed from a male perspective—”long live casual sex”—is unacceptable for women. A woman who adopts this…
Active life stance
“Tokolonnikova has a mixed personality disorder, as evidenced by”“active life stance” (from the verdict in the case of “Pussy Riot”) The two sexes in a reproductive system, where one fertilizes…
The Power of Habit
Would you be so kind as to ponder the question: what would your goodness do if there were no evil, and what would the earth look like if shadows disappeared…
The Curse of Beauty
Beautiful women are rarely alone, but they often feel lonely. Henrik Jagodziński Dutch syndrome This can be called the paradox of plenty, where countries rich in natural resources are often…
The Golden Calf, Illustrations by Kukryniksy
Gallery of illustrations by Kukryniksy for the book “The Golden Calf”
Kukryniksy’s illustrations for Ilf and Petrov’s “The Golden Calf”. If you need any of them at a higher resolution, write to me. The text of the book, with the illustrations…
Literature
Marks Jonathan, What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes. — Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Zorina Z. A., Poletaeva, I., Reznikova, I. I. Fundamentals…
Application
We cannot reliably know in advance whether a utopian or dystopian scenario awaits us in the future, whether we will experience sustainable prosperity or miserable existence. However, we can take…
Conclusion
When the winds change direction, some build walls, while others build windmills. Chinese proverb. Perhaps more than once or twice while reading this book, you felt uncomfortable imagining a world…
Society
Public nature Erich Fromm was a German sociologist, philosopher, social psychologist, psychoanalyst, a member of the Frankfurt School, and one of the founders of neo-Freudianism and Freudo-Marxism. He used the…
Decentralization
Maximum size of structures While the idea of openness and the blurring of privacy boundaries often evokes emotional resistance and fear, the concept of decentralized decision-making and project management tends…
The technical basis of reconism
Computers In the previous chapters, we demonstrated that a radical transformation of all societal institutions is currently gaining momentum, possibly the most significant since the Neolithic Revolution. The technological foundation…
The Sunset of Informism
Problems of Hypercentralization Chaos always triumphs over order, as chaos is better organized. Terry Pratchett Slave owners replenished their stocks of slaves by raiding neighboring territories and expanded their holdings…
Information as a key resource
To create a part on a 3D printer, you need plastic and a file with the design. The latter is clearly more important, as plastic is a typical commonplace for…