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> The answer is that you know the leader and you trust them. If you don't, you should leave. That sounds like a recipe for a cult. People like to know what is
by luckylion 5y ago
> The answer is that you know the leader and you trust them. If you don't, you should leave.
That sounds like a recipe for a cult.
People like to know what is and isn't okay, and leaving it up to someone's feeling, even if you generally trust that person, makes the whole thing very fragile.
- okareaman 5y agoYe, because then you have the Bus Factor to worry about. I think the Rust language project is a good example of how to do it right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor
- AlbertCory 5y ago"Very fragile" and the Bus Factor: those things ignore the Lindy Effect (as modified by Taleb). Monarchy in one form or another has lasted thousands of years. It does have the succession problem (or the Bus Factor), but requiring the monarch to designate a successor is the usual solution to that.