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zaphar | on: I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA
Like a lot of things, bad actors only have to get you to fail the test of succession once while the company has to succeed at it every time. Time is not on any companies side here and the longer it goes the more failing that test of succession starts to look like a law of nature.
Andrex | parent | next
Ultimately, nothing lasts forever and entropy takes all.

Thinking about this problem and extending the average company life seem like worthwhile endeavors while we're trapped on this ball of mud.

eries | parent
That's true, and yet the evidence shows that some companies have been able to do it. I think there's something to be learned by studying those companies as a data set.
zaphar | root | parent
They have been able to "so far". This isn't to say that we shouldn't learn from them how to push the failure date as far into the future as you can. I just don't think you can truly make something incorruptible.
eries | root | parent | next
incorruptible does not mean immortal, fwiw

I appreciate you engaging with the argument in good faith and I look forward to hearing what you think of the book if you do decide to read it.

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