The most surprising thing I've learned from being involved with nonprofits is that they are a magnet for sociopaths. One's naive reaction is "Why would nonprofits attract them? Nonprofits do good!" But the defining quality of nonprofits is to make no profit, not to do good.
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Replying to @paulg
Wouldn’t that also be applicable to politics, government and the army?
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Replying to @paulg
Reminds me of this Taleb quote: “Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his/her actions ~Nassim Taleb”. So it might be that bureaucracy attracts sociopaths?
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For sure it does. I think anywhere you can get power without accountability would.
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It’s power-without-accountability that is the issue, not the lack of profit. At
@codeorg I deliberately set up donor relationships where we can’t get the donation until we deliver preagreed student outcomes + diversity, forcing companywide accountability. Totally changes dynamic5 replies 2 retweets 79 likes -
Now I want to make a donation to see how this works
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This is only with some of our very largest donors. But it’s enough of the funding to force accountability.
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Have you thought of recruiting a trans woman of color to take your job and then resigning, in order to increase diversity?
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