Re:Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate P...
by natmaka on Thursday July 01, 2021 @11:13AM
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IMHO useful thoughts:
Pournelle's Iron law of bureaucracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle#Pournelle.27s_...
Buffet's institutional imperative: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1989.html
Ousterhout's most important component of evolution: https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/sayings.php
Leopold Kohr and Bertrand de Jouvenel had more detailed pertinent observations and thoughts.
E.g. Directors become whoever is most capable of winning and holding a directorship. Donations funnel to whatever solicits more donations.
Texas style regular tear-downs, or at least periodic reauthorizations, aren't the worst solution.