In the late 70s, I worked for a consulting company in New York called
Automated Concepts Inc., mostly known in the industry as ACI. The CEO
was a guy named Fred Harris who was well-liked by the staff, including
me. It was also common knowledge that Fred used to attend EST workshops,
where he supposedly learned the skills he needed to become a successful
businessman.
EST stood for Erhard Seminars Training that was a mixture of founder
Werner Erhard’s ersatz Eastern religious mysticism and Dale Carnegie
type lessons on how to become a “success” in business. While certainly
cultish, it was by no means as bad as Scientology. Fred used to take me
out to dinner from time to time, mostly to be able to chat with someone
who didn’t fit the mold of the propellor-heads who worked for him.
Even as the 60s/70s radicalization was dying out, the New Age lingered
on in the corporate world as the idea of leveraging economic success
with spiritualism proved seductive. With some leftists like Rennie Davis
jumping the radical ship, it was the perfect place for them to land. You
could simultaneously “make it” and feel superior to the grubbiness of
American society. After becoming a disciple of Guru Maharaj Ji, Davis
created the Foundation for a New Humanity, a technology development and
venture capital company specializing in new technology.
full:
https://louisproyect.org/2021/04/16/wework-or-the-making-and-breaking-of-a-47-billion-unicorn/
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