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In times like this I often find comfort in the expression "The Purpose of a System is What It Does" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wh
by CPLX 4y ago
In times like this I often find comfort in the expression "The Purpose of a System is What It Does"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...
- BlueTemplar 4y agoDoesn't this make all forms of bureaucracy (and hence, civilization) parasitic ? (Or are you just supposed to regularly "drain the swamp" ?)
- CPLX 4y agoNo. Seems like a non sequitur to me.
- BlueTemplar 4y ago= "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." from (supposedly) Oscar Wilde + Survival of the fittest to survive, from Charles Darwin ? (This is a serious question, I have been pondering it for years now...)