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{{a|design|}}{{quote|“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”}}
{{a|design|}}{{quote|“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”.
{{Quote|“For this real or imagined overwork, there are, broadly speaking, three possible remedies. He may resign; he may ask to halve the work with a colleague called B; he may demand the assistance of two subordinates, to be called C and D. There is probably no instance, however, in history, of A choosing any but the third alternative.”}}


Has the [[information revolution]] falsified Parkinson's law? If not yet, then when will it? Or has it ''supercharged'' it?
“For this real or imagined overwork, there are, broadly speaking, three possible remedies. He may resign; he may ask to halve the work with a colleague called B; he may demand the assistance of two subordinates, to be called C and D. There is probably no instance, however, in history, of A choosing any but the third alternative.”


Would a [[thought leader]], of failing one of those, a [[chatbot]] mind getting in touch to let us know?
— C. Northcote Parkinson, {{br|Parkinson’s Law}}, 1942}}
 
Has the [[information revolution]] ''falsified'' [[Parkinson’s law]]? If not yet, then ''will'' it? Or has it ''supercharged'' it? Would a [[thought leader]], of failing one of those, a [[chatbot]] mind getting in touch to let us know?
 
In the meantime, {{otto}} has his own ideas. {{Eighteenth law of worker entropy}}


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*[[Contractual risk]] and the [[airbag - steering-wheel continuum]]
*[[Time is money]]
*[[E-discovery]]
*[[E-discovery]]
*[[Human, all too human]]
*[[Human, all too human]]
*[[Reg tech]]
*[[Reg tech]]
*[[Chatbot]]
*[[Chatbot]]