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From: Dale R. Worley
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 00:49

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A thought on fear: Reading a recent New York Times article about
recent high-school graduates, I noticed that there was a strong desire
for security in the students.  Whether this is good or bad, it points
out a problem: The present economy is in no position to provide
security for anyone.  It will reward intelligent effort in the long
run, but until the Information Revolution and the industrial
restructuring due to Globalization are worked out (twenty years,
maybe?), no business and no job is going to be secure.

Historically, people have joined hierarchical organizations to gain
security.  What happens when those organizations provide no security?
How do we deal with the fraction of the population that wants
"economic security", when there is no economic security to be had?

Some of this could be cured by better managment, but in an industry
that is inherently unstable, even the best managment can't eliminate
the fear of those who want stability.

Dale

Dale Worley             Dept. of Math., MIT             drw@math.mit.edu
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What do you mean, *you're* a solipsist?

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Subject: Fear and organizational culture