Basecamp’s Problem Isn’t Politics. It’s Philosophy

How a company lost 33% of its staff and the respect of people like me

Basecamp’s implosion — losing one-third of staff — is about much more than politics. It’s a failure of philosophy. Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson have been good writers, but their latest work sounds like a 14-year-old discovering Ayn Rand.