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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? Would a [[thought leader]], of failing one of those, a [[chatbot]] mind getting in touch to let us know?
“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.”
 
— 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}}
In the meantime, {{otto}} has his own ideas. {{Eighteenth law of worker entropy}}


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