Critical Nonsense

Taking Care of Business and Meme Speak


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What is an organization's responsibility to its members? And what impact will memes have on language?
This week, Aaron and Joey talk about work-life balance, the making of Red Dead Redemption 2, golden handcuffs, raiding Area 51, phatic expressions, and inside jokes. They don't talk about how the Greek emphatikos is why 'phatic,' like 'emphatic,' sounds familiar.
references
* Leadership paper on pacing, an HBR Classic (https://www.google.com/shopping/product/8484816218954629293?q=leadership+that+gets+results&prds=epd:10716040183284665876,paur:ClkAsKraXzTST3ArIRzUGk24xA0YtLdGpAHAMCwSAwwTkej_Wrg9svzwQufX3HHRHHmBoCJlEsKlqsI2SQQxDJStElWSjOg3zqfSHPBHyifV5KMJwwGSqWuV0xIZAFPVH72j2iObE97Oh9rAHJIiEnL71EQPjw,prmr:1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0vtf6wv3jAhVRn-AKHXQQC8AQ4SsIHSgC)
* The Joe Rogan Experience, #131 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEWz4SXfyCQ)
* The "no-collar" workforce (https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/170109/turning-on-the-no-collar-workforce.html)
* The 2014 MTV study, "Millennials Have Drive" executive summary (https://www.mtvpress.com/press-releases/2015/01/23/mtvs_millennials_have_drive_research_study_executive_summary)
* "Storm Area 51: They Can't Stop All of Us," (https://www.facebook.com/events/extraterrestrial-highway-area-51/storm-area-51-they-cant-stop-all-of-us/448435052621047/) A real FB group.
* A real US Air Force response (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/) to all these people tryna "see them aliens."
* www.stormarea51.us (https://www.stormarea51.us/) is also a real website. Who's headed to Alien Stock?
* Phatic Expressions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGnH0KAXhCw): caution, nerd alert.
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