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{{def|Confusion entropy|/kənˈfjuːʒ(ə)n ˈɛntrəpi/|n|}}  
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The background level of misunderstanding and resentment which comes as a by-product of modern corporate discourse. Different types of activity generate more or less of this kind of entropy. [[Conference call]]s — especially [[all-hands conference call]]s — generate dangerously high levels.  Add financial reporting folk seeking legal opinions on matters of [[balance sheet]] treatment, allow [[tax lawyer|tax lawyers]] to converse directly with anyone else on any topic in which they have an interest and [[infinite bafflement]] is assured.


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There is no formula for when or where this might happen because at that moment the [[JC]] was trying to make one up<ref>You do realise everything on this wiki is just made up on the spot, don’t you?</ref> he was [[Conference call ambush|ambushed]] with an ambiguous request for [[KPI]]s by an officious [[management consultant]]. He pretended to be having [[Skype trouble]] but lost his train of thought and never quite recovered it.


[[Confusion entropy]] can be cured with [[Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption|alcohol]], but there is a curious [[paradox]], as overdoing the sauce (which, on a [[conference call]], can be tremendously tempting) can itself lead to total collapse through the [[inebriation event horizon]] into a black hole of soul-crushing despair.
[[Confusion entropy]] can be cured with [[Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption|alcohol]], but there is a curious [[paradox]], as overdoing the sauce (which, on a [[conference call]], can be tremendously tempting) can itself lead to total collapse through the [[inebriation event horizon]] into a black hole of soul-crushing despair.
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