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I agree with most of the commenters that only the executives and companies can provide the needs at the bottom of the pyramid and in the current climate they are not doing so. If you keep using MHON to make the case that middle managers have to fill in the gap Maslow would say you have to at least partially fulfill the needs at the bottom of the pyramid first before the higher needs have any effect and a middle manager simply does not have the power to do so.

I love that you equated company culture to motivation at scale. That hit the nail on the head.

I agree with most of what you are saying, but when I read the letter my mind goes to the economic impact it could have.

A tool like this could bring humans prosperity but with the current socioeconomic conditions we live under it seems it will do the opposite. In my mind that problem feels insurmountable so maybe we just let it sort itself out? Conventional wisdom would say that tools like this should allow society to have UBI or a 4 day work week but in reality the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.

I think he’s always been like that to an extent. In his biography there are stories of him staying up all night and re-writing everyone’s code in his earlier days.