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According to an equally lovingly preserved English translation of the prospectus, the purpose of Ibuka’s firm was to establish an ideal factory that stresses a spirit of freedom and open-mindedness, and where engineers with sincere motivation can exercise their technological skills to the highest level. We shall, he pledged, eliminate any unfair profit-seeking exercises and seek expansion not only for the sake of size. Further, we shall carefully select employees . . . we shall avoid to have [sic] formal positions for the mere sake of having them, and shall place emphasis on a person’s ability, performance and character, so that each

Simon Winchester

According to an equally lovingly preserved English translation of the prospectus, the purpose of Ibuka’s firm was to establish an ideal factory that stresses a spirit of freedom and open-mindedness, and where engineers with sincere motivation can exercise their technological skills to the highest level. We shall, he pledged, eliminate any unfair profit-seeking exercises and seek expansion not only for the sake of size. Further, we shall carefully select employees . . . we shall avoid to have [sic] formal positions for the mere sake of having them, and shall place emphasis on a person’s ability, performance and character, so that each

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About Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester (born 28 September 1944) is a British-American author and journalist. In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to over 30 best-selling nonfiction books, one novel, and several magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic.