Careers: "The world of commerce is the world of laws, regulations, contracts and negotiations. Employees should place the greater good ahead of their own interests only to the extent that the corporation structures things so that employees who do so are more successful than those who don't," Bob Lewis responds to readers calling him out on an earlier post, criticizing Lewis for being too harsh in labeling those who help others as communists. A greater good discussion. "'Right' and 'wrong' aren't easily reconciled to capitalism. It is an intrinsically amoral system, which cares about what works and what doesn't," Lewis explains. Part 1: Is looking out for the greater good reasonable?

Notes from the field: CES is in full swing and Robert X. Cringely is there, live at the show. "Maybe I'm getting old (ok, that's a given -- I am getting old) but there's something decidedly yawnish about this year's CES," he opines. "Not that there weren't highlights." The video before Bill Gates' farewell keynote tops Cringe's list. Sure, there are the ho-hum of typicality, as in flatter-screen, faster wireless, and the ability to send YouTube videos to your TV (gulp). Of CES, Billy G., and jumping sharks. And, in Cringe's words, attendees are leaving town faster, and vendors are grumbling about being gouged by the toursim mafia. "Bottom line: CES has jumped the shark. (Note: The phrase 'jumped the shark' has also jumped the shark.) Related: Geek's Guide to CES.

Posted by Tom Sullivan on January 9, 2008 11:06 AM