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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by aranchelk on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:27AM (#27003090)
Yeah, this is exactly right:

1) Employees left for ideological reasons.

2) Employees left out of self interest.

There are reasons I believe it’s predominantly 1, but neither explanation is more convoluted. Misuse of an excellent thinking tool.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by dragonwriter on Saturday May 01, 2021 @06:45AM (#27005162)
Those aren’t actually alternative explanation; values define self interest, they aren’t orthogonal to it.
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