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.
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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 }
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Where “dam” = any balance of power condition (stable or not) among crowds, charismatic bdfls, and bureaucracies.
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Now that I’ve said it out loud, I realize I must come across as a total asshole 
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