Only the paranoid survive

A no-nonsense primer on kickstarting your career

 
I am really a “bad news first” kind of person. This world runs on paranoia. Politicians, news channels, the stock market, Fortune 500 companies, NGOs, and any academic, religious, and Government institution function in some sort of paranoia.

The autonomy of an institution is defined by the degree of its freedom. Fewer degrees of freedom, more the paranoia. People, money, markets, and policies are just some of these factors that define the level of constraints on an organization.

Example of bad paranoia: A media company realizes that click-bait articles are good for business, and pushes more such articles, feeding the paranoia of its readers.

But there is also a good kind of paranoia, an invisible force that compels organizations to act in a way that makes the world better. The same degrees of freedom that impose constraints on the organization also helps them to narrow their focus, differentiate their service, and build expertise.

Example of good paranoia: A media company realizes that high-quality, differentiated content earns them loyal readers, and sticks to that model despite limited readership.

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Πηγή: mandarmthakur.substack.com