It’s been uplifting seeing the trend for authenticity in modern business thinking; yet worrying while many people wired with ‘skills’ (+zero-sum game) mind-set are so keen with learning & using this new ‘skills'...
It's kind of funny being genuine & authentic now becomes something we have to pay to learn..
...and in the worst case scenario, it could turn out to be something like what we’ve seen in movies for years, skilled & charming jerks cheating young innocent virgins...
Highlight of a recent FT article:
Comedian Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness” to describe the authenticity that Americans yearned for. Truthiness was not, he explained, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but rather “something that seems like the truth – the truth we want to exist”.
Revealing. At least to naive people like me.
So the convergence of material/commercial benefits and virtue is not yet under way. It’s just development in the field of strategy & tactics.
Reality shows, I realized, are still shows.
It brings back the question: what’s the role of ethics in our society? Does it matter? Does it Really matter? Anymore?
Update: Just a guess
Ethics/morality/virtue, could just be a tool for social elite. Needless to say, it’s to facilitate their governing/leading/managing you and me (are we really free?).
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