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'''The [[JC]]’s [[first law of worker entropy]]''' (also known as the [[meeting paradox]]) states that:
'''The [[JC]]’s [[first law of worker entropy]]''' (also known as the [[meeting paradox]]):
:(i) The probability of a meeting<ref>At any rate, a meeting containing more than one person — a single person meeting, of course, ought not, in a sensible mind count, at least since [[Descartes|René Descartes]] — [[occursum ergo es]] — proved a meeting in any meaningful sense. It is like the prime number of meetings.</ref> starting on time can never be 100%;  
:(i) The probability of a meeting<ref>At any rate, a meeting containing more than one person — a single person meeting, of course, ought not, in a sensible mind count, at least since [[Descartes|René Descartes]] — [[occursum ergo es]] — proved a meeting in any meaningful sense. It is like the prime number of meetings.</ref> starting on time can never be 100%;  
:(ii) As the  number of scheduled participants increases, that probability tends to zero.  
:(ii) As the  number of scheduled participants increases, that probability tends to zero.  
:(iii) The more participants there are the more retarded the starting time (and content) of the meeting will be; <br>
:(iii) The more participants there are the more retarded the starting time (and content) of the meeting will be; <br>
As a consequence of these axioms there is an upper bound on the total number of people possible in a viable meeting of a given duration.
As a consequence of these axioms there is an upper bound on the total number of people possible in a viable meeting of a given duration. <br>

Revision as of 12:40, 4 February 2021

The JC’s first law of worker entropy (also known as the “meeting paradox”):

(i) The probability of a meeting[1] starting on time can never be 100%;
(ii) As the number of scheduled participants increases, that probability tends to zero.
(iii) The more participants there are the more retarded the starting time (and content) of the meeting will be;

As a consequence of these axioms there is an upper bound on the total number of people possible in a viable meeting of a given duration.

  1. At any rate, a meeting containing more than one person — a single person meeting, of course, ought not, in a sensible mind count, at least since René Descartesoccursum ergo es — proved a meeting in any meaningful sense. It is like the prime number of meetings.