Experts Propose Plugging Oil Leak With BP Executives

Fake news by Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON—At a conference of oil leak experts in Washington today, attendees proposed plugging the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico with executives of BP, the company responsible for the catastrophic spill.

“We’ve tried containment domes, rubber tires and even golf balls,” said William Cathermeyer of the National Oil Leakage Institute, a leading consultancy in the field of oil leaks. “Now it’s time to shove some BP executives down there and hope for the best.”

Submerging the oil company executives thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface could be a “win-win” situation, Cathermeyer said. “Best-case scenario, they plug the leak,” he said. “And at the very least, they’ll shut the fuck up.”

Adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, this illustrates

the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home

and in the workplace.

Oh, and it essentially guts traditional economic thinking —

at least when it comes to issues such as “incentives work”

(only sometimes, for some tasks) and that we are profit

maximizers (not really).

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Category: Psychology/Sentiment.