My whole life in a way has been about arbitraging power imbalances among 3 forces: crowds, charismatic BDFL type leaders, and bureaucrats. I have no fixed loyalties among these or ethics opinions about some patterns being better or worse.
Conversation
My life reduced to a very small shell script
while(dams in sight) {
Is this dam about to burst?
If not, use it to take a vacation
If yes, which way does it want to burst?
Do I want help it, or get out of the way
if help: do(gig)
else: run like Rincewind
}
1
9
Where “dam” = any balance of power condition (stable or not) among crowds, charismatic bdfls, and bureaucracies.
