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I understand this is a meta comment, but why is everyone (including the blogger) using the word bureaucracy? When did Google turn into a government?
by ToastyMallows 12y ago
I understand this is a meta comment, but why is everyone (including the blogger) using the word bureaucracy? When did Google turn into a government?
- markbnj 12y agoGovernments are not the only bureaucracies. Any company as large and powerful as Google has to have acquired at least the trappings of one.
- humanrebar 12y ago"In modern parlance, bureaucracy refers to the administrative system governing any large institution." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy
- ToastyMallows 12y agoFair enough, it just felt weird in this context.
- dugmartin 12y agoThe second definition of bureaucracy at Websters is "a system of government or business that has many complicated rules and ways of doing things" which I think applies to this article. I think a better definition would be "a system that is more concerned with how it runs rather than the results it generates".
- krapp 12y agoI suppose any company of sufficient size and influence can be considered a form of government, albeit one which elects its citizens, rather than the other way around.