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Any [[taxonomy]] is a [[narrative]]. Like any hierarchical organising system, a [[taxonomy]] commits you to ''one'' way of looking at the world, ''at the expense of all others''. Now this a necessary evil when it comes to concrete physical things, like books: the [[Dewey decimal system]] is a single hierarchy — a ''[[narrative]]'' — by necessity: a physical thing cannot be in two places at once. So all library users agree a common taxonomy (subject matter, not author, or title, or publisher) and, for better or worse, stick to it. | Any [[taxonomy]] is a [[narrative]]. Like any hierarchical organising system, a [[taxonomy]] commits you to ''one'' way of looking at the world, ''at the expense of all others''. Now this a necessary evil when it comes to concrete physical things, like books: the [[Dewey decimal system]] is a single hierarchy — a ''[[narrative]]'' — by necessity: a physical thing cannot be in two places at once. So all library users agree a common taxonomy (subject matter, not author, or title, or publisher) and, for better or worse, stick to it. | ||
But legal risks ''aren’t'' concrete things. They have no concrete existence at all. They’re amorphous, will-o’-the-wisp, they are [[black | But ''legal'' risks ''aren’t'' concrete things. They have no concrete existence at all. They’re amorphous, will-o’-the-wisp, they are [[black swan]]s — the biggest risks don’t necessarily exist on the frame of consciousness of even the most paranoid [[risk controller]] ''before they happen''. Indeed, ''that '''is''' the risk''. New risks will, by definition, inhibit the seams, cracks and weak joints of your narrative — they will prompt your change in [[narrative]]. Their scars will prompt you to build a new stable around the space where the horse ''you didn’t even know was there'' turns out to have been standing before it bolted. Subtly, the [[general counsel]] will mandate a new [[service catalog]]. {{sex|He}} will commission a working group to build a new [[risk taxonomy]]. | ||
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