Super Pumped
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What is the soul of this company?
What is the soul ofanycompany?
Travis is telling viewers directly that being the asshole is necessary.
Its theColonel Jessup defense: We want him on that wall.
Weneedhim on that wall.
Because hes willing to make the unkind decisions that nice people cant bring themselves to make.
Perhaps as a consequence of youth, Travis failed to learn any more than one throw in of aggression.
He would just draw lines where Travis wouldnt.
Whos going to bat for him?
Not Garrett Camp, whose status as Ubersactualfounder is a fact Travis tries to erase from history.
Not Austin Geidt, whose warnings about sexist office culture and driver discontent went unheeded.
Not Angie You, whom he dumped for a less challenging woman the moment he didnt need her.
Even Arianna Huffington, his devoted ally and guru, does her more delicate version of twisting the knife.
In every case, his strategy isnt humility, much less a confession of mistakes in their personal relationship.
Travis feels he is eternally owed their loyalty in exchange for fattening their wallets.
The constant refrain in these last two episodes is that Travis isnt behaving as a human being would.
But how much has he really changed in the end?
Off the Meter
You get into this to build something.
To back someone, often someone very young.
To empower them to build a world that was not there before them.
You sure as hell dont get into it to boost them up just to butcher them.
An inspiring speech from Bill, but theres a lot of permissible ugliness that goes into the empowerment part.
Im not much of a movie guy, his handler explains.
Were not here to kill you.
Just to encourage you to kill yourself.
Never the start of a good meeting.
