TERMINOLOGY — canonical slugs (John D. Rockefeller)
Canonical slug table for this KB. Concept notes in concepts/ are named by these
slugs (English, hyphenated), following the Random Reminiscences vocabulary. The
«do not flatten to» column guards against collapsing Rockefeller's terms into the
hustle-culture «money mindset» descendants that now flood his name.
| EN term (Random Reminiscences) | canonical slug | RU working form | do not flatten to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperation / combination over ruinous competition | cooperation-over-competition |
кооперация вместо разорительной конкуренции | «монополия», «убей конкурента» |
| Patience and the long view | patience-and-the-long-view |
терпение и длинный горизонт | «терпи и жди» (пассивность) |
| The discipline of detail and bookkeeping | discipline-of-detail |
дисциплина детали и учёта | «внимание к деталям» (только), «микроменеджмент» |
| Friendship and trust in business | friendship-and-trust-in-business |
дружба и доверие в деле | «нетворкинг», «связи» |
| The difficult art of giving (scientific philanthropy) | giving-as-a-science |
трудное искусство давать | «благотворительность» (импульс), «пиар» |
| The duty and difficulty of large wealth | duty-of-wealth |
долг и трудность большого богатства | «богатство = счастье», «деньги ради денег» |
| Keeping cool under attack | keeping-cool-under-attack |
хладнокровие под ударом | «пофигизм», «не читай критику» |
| Delegation and choosing men | delegation-and-choosing-men |
делегирование и подбор людей | «найм», «HR» |
| Thrift and reinvestment | thrift-and-reinvestment |
бережливость и реинвестирование | «финансовая грамотность», «копи» |
| The danger of the get-rich-quick spirit | against-get-rich-quick |
опасность духа быстрой наживы | «пассивный доход», «lifehack успеха» |
Notes on flattening
- cooperation-over-competition is not a defence of monopoly-for-its-own-sake.
For Rockefeller combination is «the same thing» as cooperation on a larger
scale — a way to end ruinous competition and waste, «no more of an argument
against combinations than the fact that steam may explode is an argument
against steam». The KB records his stated creed; whether Standard Oil's real
tactics matched it is the Tarbell debate (seesee-also.md), not this slug. - giving-as-a-science is «the best philanthropy, the help that does the most
good and the least harm» — study before the cheque, «his money is a feeble
offering without the study behind it». It is the opposite of Sunday-only
almsgiving and of pure emotional charity. - duty-of-wealth rests on «if a man has succeeded, he has brought upon
himself corresponding responsibilities» and «the men who not only know how to
make money, but who accept the great responsibility of administering it
wisely» — a duty frame, not a happiness frame («the possession of money in
great abundance» does not «necessarily bring happiness»). - against-get-rich-quick is his nightly self-talk («go steady») and «the man
who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed» — a warning
against the short road, not a hustle slogan.
Voice tag for every unit: voice: rockefeller (see sources/SOURCE_MANIFEST.md).
Period: Rockefeller writes in 1909, at seventy, looking back on a career begun in
1855; the register is the reflective, plain-spoken elder businessman.