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*[[This time is different|This time ''isn’t'' different]]. The laws of physics, finance and economics still apply. Even ...harlatans use heuristics ''instead'' of it. See: {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed}}

We have canvassed the odd phenomenon of [[mediocrity drift]] whereby the feedb ...mal in job lots]], and letting the jumped-up and flighty go one at a time, we are nicely containing our costs within a range.”

...n risk''. It’s a free country. (Now, we say, “its own dime”: note, though, how common it is for an agent to ask its customer to foot the bill: it gets pai ...for the agent to sue its lawyers''. That’s what it paid the blighters for: so they, and that juicy [[professional indemnity insurance]] policy they never

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...mptions when solving problems (the “[[Duncker candle problem]]”), and then what sorts of incentives work best for solving those kinds of problems (the “[ ...th a rather good book on the topic: {{br|Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us}}.

...e old ladies, welsh hoteliers and, apparently, tax dodgers make bad law]], so ''en garde''. ...unately, this kind of buccaneering plays no further part in the story, but we mention it to egg you on to keep reading.

...world businesses great and small, ''coped''. (It rather begs the question what good all those strategies, consultants, [[change manager]]s and [[BCM]] pro We adapted. We learned: working from home is pretty cool! [[Pyjamas]]! Zoom! Kids rushing

...the mean time I am constantly beset by daemons, plagues, dread terrors and so on, fantastical threnodies all on the single worry that ''you never pay me ...dismal your contractors may be, suing them will be worse, and “self-help” isn’t really an option. If it was, no-one would hire builders in the first place.

...cles of faith, and credentialisation process, all of which is encrusted in so much obscurant flummery that it is impossible for non-initiates to get near ...the cause — some trust and faith in the wisdom of elders and “[[positivism|what is laid down]]” — no community consensus can take root in the first pla

“What? Give that here.” The Precedent Commander scowled. It aggrieved him to se He tossed it over. “What do you make of this one then, lad?”

...s original and completely misses the subtle epigrammatic subtext — as such we heartily recommend you steer well clear of it.</ref> recently wrote about i I hope so.