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If there is such a thing in our world as a business meeting<ref>Translators note: Modern translations of this work render “[[meeting|business meeting]]” as [[all-hands conference call]]</ref> (“and,” said [[Büchstein]], “take it from me, there most definitely is”) — then it is not, as [[Descartes]] contended, self-evidently true that the only certain thing in the universe is the incorporeal “I” as a ''thinking thing'' (“[[res cogitans]]”). | If there is such a thing in our world as a business meeting<ref>Translators note: Modern translations of this work render “[[meeting|business meeting]]” as [[all-hands conference call]]</ref> (“and,” said [[Büchstein]], “take it from me, there most definitely is”) — then it is not, as [[Descartes]] contended, self-evidently true that the only certain thing in the universe is the incorporeal “I” as a ''thinking thing'' (“[[res cogitans]]”). | ||
:“Just as one cannot clap one-handed, one cannot have a meeting by oneself, however appealing that idea must on cursory examination seem. ''I'' must exist — no quibble with that — but so, in the context of a [[steering committee]], operational failure remediation work stream, weekly line manager one-to-one or [[conference call]] must ''you''.”<ref>[[Büchstein]], ''[[Discourse on | :“Just as one cannot clap one-handed, one cannot have a meeting by oneself, however appealing that idea must on cursory examination seem. ''I'' must exist — no quibble with that — but so, in the context of a [[steering committee]], operational failure remediation work stream, weekly line manager one-to-one or [[conference call]] must ''you''.”<ref>[[Büchstein]], ''[[Discourse on Intercourse]]'', §3,425.</ref> | ||
[[Büchstein]] went on to consider the nature of a “meetee”: “''You''” must also exist, as a ''talking thing'' (“[[res verbositans]]”), and so must the [[project manager]] as an ''action-assigning thing'' (“[[res bossitans]]”) | [[Büchstein]] went on to consider the nature of a “meetee”: “''You''” must also exist, as a ''talking thing'' (“[[res verbositans]]”), and so must the [[project manager]] as an ''action-assigning thing'' (“[[res bossitans]]”) | ||
{{seealso}} | {{seealso}} | ||
*[[Otto Büchstein]] and his rightly forgotten ''[[Discourse on | *[[Otto Büchstein]] and his rightly forgotten ''[[Discourse on Intercourse]]'' | ||
*[[René Descartes]] and his more longevitous ''[[Discourse on the Method]]'' | *[[René Descartes]] and his more longevitous ''[[Discourse on the Method]]'' | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||