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===Come the [[apocalypse]]===
===Come the [[apocalypse]]===
The [[service catalog]] is also of a piece with the [[risk taxonomy]] in its conviction that the forward needs of the organisation are perfectly understood, anticipated, and pre-determined. There is nothing new under the sun. Unless we are on the brink of apocalypse - ''the'' [[apocalypse]] that is: the one with horsemen, not just any old calamity - it is logically mistaken. As the [[JC]] never tires of reminding us, [[Risk]]s, challenges and opportunities present themselves from undetected crevices in the [[space-time continuum]]. They are not languishing in plain sight within the pages of your [[playbook]].  
The [[service catalog]] is also of a piece with the [[risk taxonomy]] in its conviction that the forward needs of the organisation are perfectly understood, anticipated, and pre-determined. There is nothing new under the sun. Unless we are on the brink of apocalypse - ''the'' [[apocalypse]] that is: the one with horsemen, not just any old calamity - logically, this view is wildly mistaken. As the [[JC]] never tires of reminding us, [[Risk]]s, challenges and opportunities present themselves from undetected crevices in the [[space-time continuum]]. They are not languishing in plain sight within the pages of your [[playbook]].  


It is at just the moment when existential threats emerge, unbidden, from the poorly-sewn seams of your [[risk taxonomy]], that you ''don't'' want your risk controllers going "sorry, but that's not my job".  
It is at just the moment when existential threats emerge, unbidden, from the poorly-sewn seams of your [[risk taxonomy]], that you ''don't'' want your risk controllers going "sorry, but according to the [[service catalog]], that's not my problem".  


===Machines, not [[meatware]] ===
===Machines, not [[meatware]] ===