On: How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal

[SCAQTony]

This line perplexed and disturbed me: "...This is the same company where someone recently explained to me how great it is that, instead of using data to make decisions, we use political connections, and that the idea of making decisions based on data is a myth anyway; no one does that...."

One, that is depressing and implies the company seems to have a corrupting influence on society at large.

Two. The girl is right and it is called insider information. Another corrupting aspect of our society.

In other words, corruption is a new viable normal and workers have no problem with it because most workers are all desperate and happy to have a passport to middle or upper middle class.

[cjcenizal → SCAQTony]

From the context, I think the author was probably referring to office politics, not corrupt politicians.

[SCAQTony → cjcenizal]

I hope so for that is less corrupt. I can be somewhat obtuse. I am going to write the author and ask. Thank you.