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{{a|devil| | {{a|devil|{{Image|Clarice and Lecter|jpg|No! She ''covers'', Clarice!}}}}{{quote|“''Major innovation comes, most of all, from the unexplored no-man’s land between the disciplines.''” | ||
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}}{{quote|“''Major innovation comes, most of all, from the unexplored no-man’s land between the disciplines.''” | |||
: — {{author|Norbert Wiener}}, quoted by {{author|James Burke}}}} | : — {{author|Norbert Wiener}}, quoted by {{author|James Burke}}}} | ||
{{Quote|{{Innovation and the legal eagle}}}} | {{Quote|{{Innovation and the legal eagle}}}} | ||
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It may be triumphant or tragic, but there must be an ''outcome''. Storytellers who don’t get to grips with this fundamental — who allow something other than ''resolution of the problem'' to drive their narrative — write unsatisfying books.<ref>This is why some people find the ''Lord of the Rings'' saga so [[tedious]]: all that delving into the history, mythology and language of elves is very clever — and yes, it may document the resolution of a whole raft of ''other'' problems, but it still has almost nothing to do do with the immediate problem of the Hobbits’ quest, beyond providing deep historical context. And as for the Hobbit folk songs, just shoot me. Hold your letters. </ref> | It may be triumphant or tragic, but there must be an ''outcome''. Storytellers who don’t get to grips with this fundamental — who allow something other than ''resolution of the problem'' to drive their narrative — write unsatisfying books.<ref>This is why some people find the ''Lord of the Rings'' saga so [[tedious]]: all that delving into the history, mythology and language of elves is very clever — and yes, it may document the resolution of a whole raft of ''other'' problems, but it still has almost nothing to do do with the immediate problem of the Hobbits’ quest, beyond providing deep historical context. And as for the Hobbit folk songs, just shoot me. Hold your letters. </ref> | ||
To not resolve the problem — ''eventually'': we all love a bit of | To not resolve the problem — ''eventually'': we all love a bit of will-they-won’t-they suspense as we go — is literally what it means to not satisfy. | ||
Business administrators retooling their operations to “modernise” might bear this in mind. The goal is not ''to introduce [[chatbot]]s'', or ''to outsource'', or to ''implement [[distributed ledger technology]]'' much less to “bring lawyers kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century” — believe it or not, they are already here — but ''to [[Problem solving|solve a problem]]''. | Business administrators retooling their operations to “modernise” might bear this in mind. The goal is not ''to introduce [[chatbot]]s'', or ''to outsource'', or to ''implement [[distributed ledger technology]]'' much less to “bring lawyers kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century” — believe it or not, they are already here — but ''to [[Problem solving|solve a problem]]''. | ||