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  1. [5]
    cfabbro
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    https://archive.is/8gsbt
    5 votes
    1. [4]
      rosco
      Link Parent
      Hey cfabbro, how do you find the archive of an article? There is one I've been looking to get for a while and embarrassingly can't figure it out.

      Hey cfabbro, how do you find the archive of an article? There is one I've been looking to get for a while and embarrassingly can't figure it out.

      3 votes
      1. [3]
        cfabbro
        Link Parent
        You can search their saved snapshots on the main landing page: archive.is But if no snapshot exists on archive.is, and the site is no longer live, you may still be able to find it using Internet...

        You can search their saved snapshots on the main landing page: archive.is

        But if no snapshot exists on archive.is, and the site is no longer live, you may still be able to find it using Internet Archive's waybackmachine: https://archive.org/web/

        3 votes
        1. [2]
          rosco
          Link Parent
          Awesome! Thanks cfabbro!

          Awesome! Thanks cfabbro!

          2 votes
          1. cfabbro
            Link Parent
            NP. Let me know if you need help finding anything in particular. I'm pretty good at tracking that sort of stuff down. :)

            NP. Let me know if you need help finding anything in particular. I'm pretty good at tracking that sort of stuff down. :)

            1 vote
  2. EgoEimi
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    The article is a little bit on the thin side. I see several mechanisms at work: Technology and globalization create winner-takes-all (or most) market conditions. Companies want every possible edge...

    The article is a little bit on the thin side.

    I see several mechanisms at work:

    • Technology and globalization create winner-takes-all (or most) market conditions.
    • Companies want every possible edge over competition to become one of those winners. Talent is one of those edges.
    • Through these companies, top 1% of talent can potentially generate many times more value than the 99%.
    • But adding personnel incurs exponential cost:
      • Overhead and fixed costs like office space, health insurance, training, etc.
      • Communication overhead, more importantly. More people working together means:
        • More time spent aligning, negotiating, and planning in meetings
        • Less time doing real work
        • Disproportionately diminished output per person
    • Therefore it is more than 2x efficient to hire someone to work X hours a week than hire two people to each work X/2 hours a week.**

    ** Though emerging studies are showing that people work more efficiently on a shorter work week. But nonetheless, at least in knowledge work, adding more staff yields diminishing marginal returns in output, while knowledge work keeps increasing in scope and complexity.

    4 votes