I hope you find some reason to live on this planet [does not have to be your day job].
I also thought about your 'dysfunctional == competitive advantage' question. I watched an hour long talk by John Wooden [it's on netflix streaming] about his success pyramid. It seemed quite sane, and obviously he was quite successful. So no, I don't think dysfunctional companies would have an advantage. (They might be equal, though).
The economics of software certainly are a bitch (can copy for free, obsolete upon release), although SAAS certainly changes things. And speaking of economics, this may cheer you up or depress you more: http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2014/02/10/the-long-agoni...
That's median income for men in the USA. Not because I'm sexist, but because posting household income is quite misleading - why do you think government economists use it all the time.
That just looks like a very sound argument for all the reasons I currently have for living on this planet to strive for escape velocity at about the same time as I do. I am very thankful for exoplanet-searching astronomers, various open source robotics projects, and for the decreasing cost of payload to low orbit, but so far I don't have quite enough billions of dollars it would currently cost to make a break for it.
I must admit that I am somewhat curious to see how the IRS deals with planetary emigrants. If you live on Mars, is breathable air considered income?
I also thought about your 'dysfunctional == competitive advantage' question. I watched an hour long talk by John Wooden [it's on netflix streaming] about his success pyramid. It seemed quite sane, and obviously he was quite successful. So no, I don't think dysfunctional companies would have an advantage. (They might be equal, though).
The economics of software certainly are a bitch (can copy for free, obsolete upon release), although SAAS certainly changes things. And speaking of economics, this may cheer you up or depress you more: http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2014/02/10/the-long-agoni...
That's median income for men in the USA. Not because I'm sexist, but because posting household income is quite misleading - why do you think government economists use it all the time.