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Re:OpenStreetMap Is in Trouble by adamsea on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:22PM (#16396464)
> "Search all the parks in your city, you'll find no statues of committees"

This doesn't necessarily mean that committees did not play a vital role in various historical events, just that people don't like to make statues of them.

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Re:OpenStreetMap Is in Trouble by spectre256 on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:26PM (#16396506)
Agreed. While the quote has a certain elegance to it, and certainly some truth, I suspect many people who have statues were on committees of some sort.

For all their flaws committees are a primary way in which people pool their collective experience and effort which is ultimately how anything significant is built.

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