3 ms·
While it’s certainly funny (in a very morbid way) how much this resembles workplaces I’ve been in, I how how much it resembles those of the past. Surely the CI
by _aavaa_ 5y ago
While it’s certainly funny (in a very morbid way) how much this resembles workplaces I’ve been in, I how how much it resembles those of the past.
Surely the CIA did not invent incompetence and method of disincentivizing work. So how far back do we have to look before we stop seeing this behaviour in our history? Does all work run into these problems, or are certain arrangements more/less susceptible to it?
- rolph 5y agothis seems a large bit michavaelian in foundation. ] the etymology, not your comment [ reading nico's work [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince] reveals some of Sun Tzu's principia. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War]
- michaelt 5y agoWell, the advice is intended to allow saboteurs to remain undetected - it's entirely intentional that these seem like things we often see in organisations. The sabotage field manual contains plenty of other advice [1] - but nobody recounts advice like "start fires in rooms with gas illumination", "issue tickets slowly close to train departure times" and "two or three moths will disrupt enemy propaganda films when they are drawn to and block the projector" [1] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26184/26184-h/26184-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26184/26184-h/26184-h.htm