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The real problem here is complexity - people don't understand what is the goal of what they do, and often there really is no goal because their bosses do not un

• frik 12y ago
  Maybe we should simplify law and then translate it to (open) code with the goal to automate and reduce bureaucracy.
• mtbcoder 12y ago
  That would presume we are all collectively interested in reducing complexity and work. Too often these complexities exist to benefit a small minority at the expense of the majority. For example: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/27/turbotax-maker-funnels-millions-to-lobby-against-easier-tax-returns/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/27/turbotax-maker-funnels-mill...
  • zby 12y ago
    Agreed - this will not be that easy to fix, but still if we want to fix it than we need to think about reducing the complexity. I have also a very tentative idea that this might actually lead for more democratic organizations - because removing the inefficiencies that come from the complexity will bring a lot of advantage for the companies that would do it - and this will require more creative thinking and good will from everyone in the organization. This is just like science would not thrive in a too autocratic institution - so the universities had a lot more internal democracy than for example production companies. And today production companies will have the same need for creativity and good will as the universities had in the past.