Institutions that define context (Gov't, UN, Fed) are better stable & predictable Ones competing in dynamic markets are better off "alive"https://twitter.com/vgr/status/811842282076848128 …
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@davidmanheim You're conflating UX of an insti with inner behavior. To keep UX stable, backend *must* be unpredictable (exception handling)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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Perhaps in some cases - but I'd arge that *at least* Wilson's "Production Org" can be MORE effective after what you're calling death.
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Hence Arendt's "banality of evil" critique of purely instrumental bureaucracy (correct in general, flawed in Eichmann example)
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True, mostly because a government bureaucracy isn't supposed to have values, it is supposed to receive those as inputs from the public.
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In practice, they "come alive" per my point in http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/11/23/when-tools-shape-you/ …
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