4 ms·
I wonder if there’s one of those observational “laws” that states that any idea, no matter how flexible and open-ended, must eventually harden into a rigid unth
by Apocryphon 4y ago
I wonder if there’s one of those observational “laws” that states that any idea, no matter how flexible and open-ended, must eventually harden into a rigid unthinking cargo cult.
As a corollary, all ideologies end up as self-parody, contradicting their original intentions in sometimes egregious ways.
> The retrospectives are gone
Oh, they’re still there, they take like seventy-five minutes, they do produce some good observations, aired-out grievances, and action items, the latter of which are never ever followed upon in full or even half.
- wheelinsupial 4y agoJohn List, an economist, has a new book out called The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale [1]. I think it address your point in a more general way and has identified some failure modes that lead to a negative end state. [1] is a summary of the ideas from the author. [1] https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/voltage-effect-make-good-ideas-great-great-ideas-scale-bookbite/32783/ https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/voltage-effect-make-goo...