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So the bankers started lecturing their staff.

The regulators’ interest was at first technocratic, but social justice movements — notably Occupy Wall Street and the various Arab Spring movements began to exert influence and inject a moral dimension into debates, while at the same time new faces opened up on the burgeoning professional administrative class — call it the era of unfettered [[human capital management]] — allowing previously quite radical social justice agendas to escape their traditional confines in liberal arts faculties and accumulating in the engine rooms of corporate bureaucracy. ~~Human resources~~ had more or less computerised the business of recruiting, ~~so they got busy social engineering instead~~.

The regulators’ interest was at first technocratic, but social justice movements — notably Occupy Wall Street and the various Arab Spring movements began to exert influence and inject a moral dimension into debates, while at the same time new faces opened up on the burgeoning professional administrative class — call it the era of unfettered [[human capital management]] — allowing previously quite radical social justice agendas to escape their traditional confines in liberal arts faculties and accumulating in the engine rooms of corporate bureaucracy. In an attempt to get rid of people, most banks had more or less computerised the business of recruiting, but HR vets are [[survivor]]<nowiki/>s. Its tough to fire the people who know who gets paid what.

For the first time, ~~there were~~ technological tools to enforce agendas. The irony was they were the same tools that the anarchists thought would finally set us free.

HR may be a waste of air, but they know where the bodies are buried. they got busy social engineering instead

For the first time, they had technological tools to enforce agendas. The irony was they were the same tools that the anarchists thought would finally set us free.

Communication being instant, effortless and free proved a boon and a bane. Screwing up a relationship by miscommunication was instant, effortless and free too. Who has not forwarded a sensitive communication to the wrong account, or sent a withering reply to the whole group by mistake. Communications became dangerous. They were ''immortal''. They had a lie off their own.

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 So the bankers started lecturing their staff.
-The regulators’ interest was at first technocratic, but social justice movements — notably Occupy Wall Street and the various Arab Spring movements began to exert influence and inject a moral dimension into debates, while at the same time new faces opened up on the burgeoning professional administrative class — call it the era of unfettered [[human capital management]] — allowing previously quite radical social justice agendas to escape their traditional confines in liberal arts faculties and accumulating in the engine rooms of corporate bureaucracy. Human resources had more or less computerised the business of recruiting, so they got busy social engineering instead.
+The regulators’ interest was at first technocratic, but social justice movements — notably Occupy Wall Street and the various Arab Spring movements began to exert influence and inject a moral dimension into debates, while at the same time new faces opened up on the burgeoning professional administrative class — call it the era of unfettered [[human capital management]] — allowing previously quite radical social justice agendas to escape their traditional confines in liberal arts faculties and accumulating in the engine rooms of corporate bureaucracy. In an attempt to get rid of people, most banks had more or less computerised the business of recruiting, but HR vets are [[survivor]]<nowiki/>s. Its tough to fire the people who know who gets paid what.
-For the first time, there were technological tools to enforce agendas. The irony was they were the same tools that the anarchists thought would finally set us free.
+HR may be a waste of air, but they know where the bodies are buried. they got busy social engineering instead
+For the first time, they had technological tools to enforce agendas. The irony was they were the same tools that the anarchists thought would finally set us free.
 Communication being instant, effortless and free proved a boon and a bane. Screwing up a relationship by miscommunication was instant, effortless and free too. Who has not forwarded a sensitive communication to the wrong account, or sent a withering reply to the whole group by mistake. Communications became dangerous. They were ''immortal''. They had a lie off their own.