The First MBA Course on the Longevity Economy
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Unfortunately it's a take on how to tune businesses to focus on the 50+ demo, and yeah I stopped reading.
Arguably one reason we're in this current economic mess comes down to MBA style thinking - out entire economy is basically run with little in the way of reserve capacity, no doubt in part because MBA metrics don't measure for things like "responsibility" and "social good."
I also understand that if your goal is to go far in the business world, it is very important for your sense of ethics to align in a manner that will encourage rather than inhibit your success. The rationalizations are both generally useful and effective for this purpose.
Not very ethical, though.
You're correct, but you misinterpret the motivation of these schools offering ethics classes in the first place.
For students who are already "ethical" (which we can assume is shorthand for pro-social in this context), the class helps them consider the consequences of their decisions. This makes their behavior more ethical, not their intentions.
For students who are not ethical, many of these classes also teach "enlightened self-interest": the idea that doing something that appears altruistic is often selfish. A good example would be creating a "sustainable, organic" product that is profitable, but only creating it for the profit.
There's also some evidence that seeing the consequences of unethical behavior can make someone's intentions more ethical.
I've been under pressure at various times in the past year or two to take on debt and increase burn rate in order to 'grow the company', and I'm overwhelmingly glad now that I did not. My empire is tiny but it's solvent and can stay so.
This hits home.
PE: Our investment thesis says x, y, z. Why aren’t you achieving goals?
ME: That was a spreadsheet built 3 years ago, by you, 2 years before a CFO was hired. Do I really have to remind you of every false assumption you guys made when you built that model each month when I deliver financial results?
These jokers built a long range plan (complicated back of envelope), with no industry experience, made up growth rates, and expect reality to match up.
if people want longevity they should start before 50. Cue stuff by david sinclar, aubrey degrey et al. People may debate their specific science, but they have the right philosophies like "Aging is damage accumulation" and "Consider aging a disease that kills 100% of the population" etc.