Episode 129 - The Universal Law Of Fairness (As Demonstrated By Pirates)
Pirates had health coverage, wage transparency, and fair voting within the company. What about your job?
The Pirates of the Caribbean movies had lots of sword fighting and rum, but very little attention was paid to the medical coverage the crew received (those who aren’t cursed for all eternity) or how profits were divided equally. Likewise, plays and novels about pirates rarely address the fact that the Golden Age of Piracy only lasted about 40 years, and it began because an English King fired a whole navy without offering them pensions or jobs.
On this episode of The Re-Engineered You, Todd and Joe discuss the Netflix documentary The Lost Pirate Kingdom. Then we compare the incredible levels of fairness the pirates demanded of their captains, with the selfishness of King George I of England. Then we ask science if human fairness is a sense we’re born with, or if it’s something we all have to learn from our parents.
Finally, we attempt to apply our new understanding of fairness to the business world and to self-improvement. What is “Process Fairness”? And why are employees less likely to sue a company who explains, in painful detail, why they’re laying off the workforce? Wouldn’t it be better to rip the bandaid off quickly and quietly? Well, not according to our sources, it’s not...
Science Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anCaGBsBOxM&ab_channel=Treeincement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg&ab_channel=TEDBlogVideo
https://www.nber.org/papers/w29874
https://hbr.org/2006/03/why-its-so-hard-to-be-fair
History Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3fztn2roaw&ab_channel=NationalGeographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YFeE1eDlD0&t=226s&ab_channel=CGPGr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0fAznO1wA8&ab_channel=CGPGrey