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So it never actually works, the momentum from before just hides the fact and makes it seem that it works until it doesn’t.

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It works splendidly for all those MBA's with golden parachutes.

It seems we need a system where these failures are visible earlier. If you consider the current economy a strategy game, our game dynamics incentivise bad short-term optimisation.

We can blame the MBAs, but we really should see how we can propose a better system. And then convince people of that.

Okay okay, I give up already.

It works for long enough to ride on the rise of the stock, and cash out.

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