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There's also the huge mistake of assuming that people and organizations always make well-considered and rational decisions. This is particularly true with strat
by carbon8 17y ago
There's also the huge mistake of assuming that people and organizations always make well-considered and rational decisions. This is particularly true with strategic decisions made by large organizations.
- jerf 17y agoThe argument is fundamentally predicated on this point, which I find extremely naive. I can and do (and did) extend benefit of the doubt, but the idea that we must always assume that people are acting rationally, and that mattmaroon is justified in getting on a soap box when people don't make that assumption, is not justified. (Disclosure: I was linked as one of the cite examples, which I've replied to there as well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=586345 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=586345 )
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