In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote "teamwork". For its anti-individualistic streak, such a drive is of course highly suspect; some people may not be so sensitive to it, but having seen the Hitlerjugend in action suffices for the rest of your life to be very wary of "team spirit". Very.


Dijkstra (1994) "The strengths of the academic enterprise" (EWD 1175).

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In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote teamwork. For its...

In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote teamwork. For its...

In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote teamwork. For its...

In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote teamwork. For its...