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What did I fall for here?

I think this is a really interesting document, despite having very few lessons I would adopt for my own work (as I said at the bottom of the post).

I would be thrilled to read documents providing a level of cultural and operational detail like this from ANY company.

Another one I find really interesting is the 37signals handbook: https://basecamp.com/handbook

>>simonw+(OP)
Yes, MrBeast's doc definitely also had "Getting Real" vibes. https://basecamp.com/gettingreal

>>simonw+(OP)
You seem to see him as a "success", which means you have a weird definition of "success" (eg you see efficiency as success)

I see a lone tree planter saving the Sahara from desertification and not making a lot of money or being very "efficient on Youtube" as MUCH more successful than MrBeast for my values...

So indeed it seems that you were unconsciously attracted by "efficiency" as "success", which is a common trait of people in tech

And this should be REALLY questioned, because our planet is going to the shitters (environment, climate) BECAUSE of extreme efficiency (to suck resources out and waste it)

That's why we expect from people that they take such entreprise as that of MrBeast with a grain of salt and more judgment

Basically his document is: "how to be even more efficient at inducing addiction-like behaviors in teens so that Youtube can sell them more ads for products they don't need (wasting the planet) and that I can get a slight share of this which is going to make me multi-millionaire (although I don't really need the money)"

is that REALLY the behavior which merits to be called "success"? Is that the kind of behavior we want our kids (or ourselves) to emulate?