Many years ago I saw an ad for a running shoe (maybe it was Reebok?) that said something like “At the New York Marathon, three of the five fastest runners were wearing our shoes.” I’m sure I’m not the first or last person to have realized that there’s more information there than it seems at […]
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Speech, Consequences and The MAP
It’s not easy to limit speech wisely–you need a LAAP that fits your venue and goals. But it’s even harder to impose consequences for “crebit” (speech that violates the LAAP), while still doing so in a moral way (as laid out in The MAP), because while we limit speech, we punish people. Today’s example in […]
Basecamp implodes as employees flee company, including senior staff After a controversial blog post in which CEO Jason Fried outlined Basecamp’s new philosophy that prohibited, among other things, “societal and political discussions” on internal forums, company co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson said the company would offer generous severance packages to anyone who disagreed with the new stance. On […]
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Governing Speech
Hardly a day goes by without some story of a person facing consequences for what they said. The stories that make the front pages are typically the ones that tap into partisan politics, creating a flurry of controversy that obscures a simple fact: we hold people accountable for their speech all the time. In most […]
When should businesses get involved in politics, or other social matters? Case in point: what do you think of this? Business Coalitions to Speak Out Against Voting Restrictions in Texas Two broad coalitions of companies and executives plan to release letters on Tuesday calling for expanded voting access in Texas, wading into the contentious debate […]