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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by hinkley on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:09PM (#22731197)
The notion of a 'meme' as originally stated is a contagious idea. Some people have a way of explaining things that sounds like a really good idea until you are by yourself or talking to a neutral third party and you realize you've been duped, intentionally or otherwise.

To stay small you have to fight bureaucracy. Your management has to have the confidence that the small team you have is 'enough' and you don't need a bunch of overhead people to answer some concern.

Take the sales team for instance. A bunch of people you hired to sell things. Some of them are very, very good at selling people things they don't need. You might end up being one of those people.

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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by thaumasiotes on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:32PM (#22731423)
> The notion of a 'meme' as originally stated is a contagious idea. Some people have a way of explaining things that sounds like a really good idea until you are by yourself

Yes, but the notion of a 'meme' as originally stated relates to attributes of the idea itself, not the person spreading it. What you're talking about is the original notion of "charisma", that the same speech will get a better or worse response from the audience based on the personal qualities of the orator.

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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by hinkley on Monday March 30, 2020 @08:55PM (#22733929)
Sure, but it's not always down to charisma in these cases. Sometimes it's just an idea that sounds like it should be true but contains a logical or emotional trap.
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