Comments on: How to run it right - with Jason and Co. http://michaeljung.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/how-to-run-it-right-with-jason-and-co/ Find a word - and find what's complex about it. Blogger make things complex. A Blog from michaeljung.co.uk Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Stilgherrian http://michaeljung.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/how-to-run-it-right-with-jason-and-co/#comment-11250 Stilgherrian Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:10:34 +0000 http://michaeljung.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-11250 Michael Arrington is right: Jason Calacanis would've taken less flak if he'd re-worked his post first. "Sack the non-workholics" was bound to goad people. And some of Calicanis' advice -- the bits you quote especially -- is actually good. The disturbing aspect for me, and what triggered my post that you link to, was the underlying attitude to fellow humans: cutting every hour that they weren't at their desk, and that anyone who wan't a massive workaholic -- he uses that word at least twice -- isn't suitable for anything except menial work. Maybe Calicanis doesn't "literally chain people to their desk", but his use of language indicates that he thinks any time not slaving away at the keyboard <em>is</em> slacking off. I honestly believe that to be a dangerous attitude. And I choose my words carefully. Over the weekend my passions continued on this subjects, and today I posted <a href="http://stilgherrian.com/religion/john_calacanis_evil_cult/" rel="nofollow">a lengthy polemic</a> which is bound to cause controversy. Good. I think Calicanis' macho winner-takes-all and devil-take-the-hindmost attitude <em>needs</em> challenging. Michael Arrington is right: Jason Calacanis would’ve taken less flak if he’d re-worked his post first. “Sack the non-workholics” was bound to goad people. And some of Calicanis’ advice — the bits you quote especially — is actually good.

The disturbing aspect for me, and what triggered my post that you link to, was the underlying attitude to fellow humans: cutting every hour that they weren’t at their desk, and that anyone who wan’t a massive workaholic — he uses that word at least twice — isn’t suitable for anything except menial work.

Maybe Calicanis doesn’t “literally chain people to their desk”, but his use of language indicates that he thinks any time not slaving away at the keyboard is slacking off.

I honestly believe that to be a dangerous attitude. And I choose my words carefully.

Over the weekend my passions continued on this subjects, and today I posted a lengthy polemic which is bound to cause controversy. Good. I think Calicanis’ macho winner-takes-all and devil-take-the-hindmost attitude needs challenging.

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