Walt Whitman and Ben Franklin were both printers who became writers… one would imagine they did this because it was cheaper to write your own stuff than hiring someone, and having words to print and sell is good business if you’re a printer.
DNA is fundamental; it is the “operating system” that drives who we are. If a person doesn’t already have your DNA in them, it is unlikely you can put it there, no more than you can change a person’s eye color.
It doesn’t hurt to ask” Actually, it does hurt. It does hurt to ask the wrong way, to ask without preparation, to ask without permission. It hurts because you never get another chance to ask right.
Harold Jarche left a provactive comment on my summary of Pesce’s essay: I think that the concept of wirearchy is between the hierarchy and the cloud and is very much aligned with what many non-profits strive to be. One problem with NP’s is that they took their governance structures from for-profit corporations and these are obviously not optimal for the type of work they do.