There are companies that do a wide variety of nonsensical things and survive because of other qualities. How many of us long for sane managers that understand e

There are companies that do a wide variety of nonsensical things and survive because of other qualities. How many of us long for sane managers that understand estimates, fighting the employee's corner - even if just so that they're a sustainable resources - and the basics of meaningful targets? One aspect of competition is selection pressure, but the other is diversity. You're assured of reaching an asymptote with your threat environment in order to survive for any significant length of time, but it's perfectly possible for a majority of the market to do very stupid things if they all think much alike. Heck, if the market were that adaptive, insane companies would be getting squished left and right.