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Welcome to 2025 – A Year to Reclaim Our Lives Happy New Year, Linkedlies community! As we step into 2025, it’s a time for reflection, hope, and planning for the year ahead. Yet, amidst the celebratory fireworks and resolutions, we must confront a sobering reality about the world we inhabit—a world ...

From Capitalism to TechnoFeudalism: Are We Already Living It? The concept of capitalism, as we’ve known it for centuries, is undergoing a dramatic transformation—or perhaps, it’s being dismantled entirely. Enter TechnoFeudalism , a term popularized by economist Yanis Varoufakis, which paints a chil...

Playing Dumb as a Strategy: How Schopenhauer’s Theory Can Protect Your Career Navigating the treacherous waters of office politics can be as challenging as it is crucial for your career. While hard work and competence are often hailed as the keys to success, these qualities can sometimes backfire i...

Hey everyone, I want to discuss the recent, tragic event involving Luigi Mangione and the late Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. On December 4, 2024, Thompson was fatally shot outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in what appears to be a targeted attack. ( en.wikipedia.org ) Authorities a...

What do you all think about this move? Does it make you question the integrity of open-source projects as much as it does for me? Let’s discuss. Best, CubicleRebel This is how Linus Torvalds sees himself nowadays: https://i.postimg.cc/ctQvX5J4/Linus-Captain-America-Meme.jpg :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ...

Tattooing Loyalty or Corporate Stockholm Syndrome? Hey folks, I stumbled across this absolute gem on LinkedIn, and I just *had* to share it. The CEO of Cacau Show, a Brazilian chocolate manufacturer, proudly posted about an employee who decided to tattoo the company’s logo on their arm. Here’s the ...

Hey everyone, I recently came across a story that really hit home. It’s a story about a young man who let himself drift into a life of isolation, comforted by the distractions of games, the internet, and the false sense of security that comes with doing nothing. He became what people call a "NE...

Sequel: Co-Workers Are Not Always Your Friends Hey everyone, I wanted to follow up on my previous post about making friends at work with some additional insights. As someone who has worked in several different companies throughout the years, I've seen time and again how co-workers who seem like fri...

Hey everyone, Let’s talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately— freedom . Not the kind of freedom you see in motivational posters or hear in your company's “inspirational” emails, but real freedom. The kind of freedom where you don’t have to wake up every day and bow down to your corpo...

Hey everyone, I wanted to open up a discussion about the tipping culture in the United States, a topic that’s been frustrating many workers and customers alike. There’s a fundamental problem with how tipping has evolved, and it boils down to one thing: employers are shifting the responsibility of fa...