Oh, indeed. That book impacted me in a big way. It’s bleak, but I did appreciate that it was the first thing I ever read that actually explained organizations in a way that made sense.
From Getaround, though I imagine Turo works similarly:
> Our insurance program provides auto insurance to cover renters and vehicles that meet our Eligibility Requirements. Coverage applies for the duration of each rental, from start to finish, and includes liability, collision and comprehensive (e.g., fire, auto theft, vandalism) coverage.
Contrary to what a lot of people here have said about boring tasks, I find that's the easiest way for me to get into the zone.
While it may not be my most economically productive part of the day (aka I'm not working on the hard, important problems) there's no doubt that for the 10-15 minutes one of those menial tasks requires, I'm in that special state.
An environmental trigger for me is to play familiar music. It doesn't have to be a special playlist; any album I've listened to >50 times will suffice.
Remaining in the zone requires incremental progress (momentum) which I think is easy to find in a boring, repetitive task that's squarely in your wheelhouse.
The real productivity sweet spot is when you're able to get that momentum going on a valuable project.
Which of those have free breakfast, lunch and dinner?
Your just naming big tech companies in SV. Most of which have horrible perks and known to be cheap. I mean Cisco? HP? EA? Seriously? (the only one that has great perks on your list is netflix)
If you often find yourself eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner at work, I'd say this no longer qualifies as a perk. At that point, it's the least you should be provided for working insane amount of overtime.
Yeah, finance "innovated" itself into a recession.
Bitcoin is the exception, not the rule. And the machine learning in finance isn't very innovative at all. In fact, working in the industry I'd say they really don't know what they're doing! They just try stuff and see what works (at a glacial pace no less).
The condition is prosopagnosia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia and the wiki page says Saks himself suffered from it. It is not that rare, though many people that have it just think they are "bad with faces" or have bad memory when recognizing faces (even though otherwise their memory may be excellent). Many people that have it learn to "route around" it by explicitly memorizing facial cues (hairstyle, facial features, hair color) or other cues (clothing style, voice, body characteristics, etc.) and going off context ("if I meet this person in the office, this is one of my coworkers"). If the person is encountered out of context and in unusual attire/situation, they may not have enough clues to trigger recognition - so if somebody you know doesn't recognize you on the street, maybe they are not necessarily rude or avoiding you but maybe just have some prosopagnosia. :)
Yup, one of my professors in college had this and she would use a different variation of her name in each facet of her life so that when she met someone out of context, she would know where she knew them from.
