By Brendan Hart 1 min read

How to Kill a Bird in Three Steps

When an authoritarian conspiracy theorist runs wild.
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How to Kill a Bird in Three Steps

Step 1

Fire and publicly humiliate 80% of the company's workforce – with disastrous results in plain view – because the new guy made a terrible decision to buy, tried to back out, and was forced to comply with the acquisition contract.

Step 2

Unchecked, the authoritarian conspiracy theorist starts lighting the house on fire. As advertisers flee, the company loses nearly 60% of its ad revenues from many of the largest companies in the world.

Step 3

Rather than fix said problem, the authoritarian conspiracy theorist promotes the views of one of the most outspoken vaccine conspiracy theorists.

Brendan Hart

About the Author

Brendan Hart

Brendan Hart is the founder of The Power Curve, an independent platform publishing economic intelligence for a complex world.

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