Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy claims another victim. In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in contro

Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy claims another victim. In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals that the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely. RIP Jerry. A Step Farther Out is one of my all time favorites.