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Re:Sergey Brin: “Irate Call from Steve Jobs” by mshake2 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @05:31AM (#34229891)
It's not a nonsensical "spherical cow in vacuum" thought experiment to say "Pixar exists but some employees are treated bad" vs "Pixar doesn't exist". If you think that it becomes impossible for a rational mind to weigh those two choices, then there's no point in me continuing this discussion with you.
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Re:Sergey Brin: “Irate Call from Steve Jobs” by ben_w on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @05:43AM (#34229953)
If Pixar didn't exist, the same people would do the same (or close enough) work under a different brand. Quite possibly with each other. That's as distinct as two identical dice placed in no specific order, i.e. not. Ergo, not a realistic scenario.
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Re:Sergey Brin: “Irate Call from Steve Jobs” by ericd on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @08:55AM (#34231293)
No, not at all. Environment and the group of people they’re working with plays an enormous role in the work people do.
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