CHAPTER 7
Broader Spectrums of Business and Social Value
Operating in a Post-Categorical Distributed-Authority Future
A YOUNG SOFTWARE ENGINEER IN SILICON VALLEY WAS surprised when the CIO called him aside to tell him that his company was giving him a performance bonus of $100,000, the largest spot bonus his company had ever given to anyone. The young engineer left the office stunned. Even during a boom period in Silicon Valley, this bonus was exceptional.
The executive told the young man that he was giving him the bonus because he wanted him to stay with the company for a very long time. He assumed that the young man would use his bonus for a down payment on a house in Silicon Valley, or to buy a Tesla.
The following Monday morning, the young ...
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