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Standing on the shoulders of Giants, I would like to suggest the term 'Distributed Bureaucracy' to reflect when an algorithm you didn't even know existed determ
by to11mtm 6y ago
Standing on the shoulders of Giants, I would like to suggest the term 'Distributed Bureaucracy' to reflect when an algorithm you didn't even know existed determines your allocation of resources.
- joe_the_user 6y agoAnd the thing here is, vaccine distribution in a single institution clearly wouldn't need an elaborate algorithm. But yeah, creating an algorithm and then throwing up your hands to say "who knew!" is very convenient.