I have a secret accelerationist dream: AI is the first technology that does not primarily jeopardize working class jobs, but management jobs. What if the precarised managerial class was able to become a little less subservient and full of itself long enough to stop trying to preserve the diminishing remains of it's standing in the class hierarchy and joined efforts engaging in radical politics? Is there a chance this change would happen soon enough, globally enough and brutally enough to make us all dangerous enough to challenge the capitalist class in time before they turn the real world into utter shit?

#AI #anarquism #class #managememt #managers #work #jobs #politics

Lo Stato delle Ferrovie: i chiodi e i sospetti di sabotaggio del management societario

Siamo ormai allo stadio di farsa nella ripetizione della tragedia: nel mezzo degli interminabili mesi di dissesto del servizio ferroviario, tra infortuni e aggressioni sul lavoro, incidenti e avarie su treni e infrastruttura, il management societario…

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In contrast to the layoffs at PlayStation (my former employer):

"Nintendo CEO once halved his salary to prevent layoffs, and it worked—why that’s so uncommon today"

Published Tue, Feb 13 20248:45 AM ESTUpdated Tue, Feb 13 20249:45 AM EST
by Ashton Jackson

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/13/nintendo-ceo-once-halved-salary-to-prevent-layoffs-why-thats-uncommon.html

Yes, management makes all the difference.

#VideoGames #TechNews #layoffs #managememt

Nintendo CEO once halved his salary to prevent layoffs, and it worked—why that's so uncommon today

Nintendo's CEO once took a 50% pay cut to avoid layoffs. Here's why it worked for the video game company, says expert — and why it's not always a perfect fix.

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