A Lifetime of Systems Thinking

Re:A Lifetime of Systems Thinking by neolog on Sunday June 06, 2021 @09:04PM (#27417899)

> Are there enough to run a largish organization? Nope.

I'm not convinced this is true. I can think of some small organizations full of employees who could make more money elsewhere but who are dedicated to an altruistic cause.

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Re:A Lifetime of Systems Thinking by WalterBright on Sunday June 06, 2021 @09:08PM (#27417926)

> small

Sounds like you agree with me.

BTW, the D Language Foundation is an example :-)

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Re:A Lifetime of Systems Thinking by neolog on Sunday June 06, 2021 @09:55PM (#27418162)

I can think of a bunch of small organizations. Together that's enough people to fill a large organization. Maybe there are some other properties of large organizations that make it impossible to compose them out of altruistic people.

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Re:A Lifetime of Systems Thinking by WalterBright on Sunday June 06, 2021 @11:23PM (#27418706)

I can't think of any large organization that operates without people motivated by their self interest. Can you?

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Re:A Lifetime of Systems Thinking by neolog on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:04AM (#27418893)

I can't think of any large organizations containing only people who are financially secure, which seems like basically a prerequisite.

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