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This will upset two categories of people: [[administrator]]s — which we define as “that class of people who are not [[Subject matter expert|subject matter experts]], don’t understand the territory, fetishise the map, and therefore are aggrieved when the map is disregarded”; and [[Rent-seeker|rent-extractors]] — those who stand to be gain by rigid application of the map, many of whom will be, of course, [[administrator]]s. | This will upset two categories of people: [[administrator]]s — which we define as “that class of people who are not [[Subject matter expert|subject matter experts]], don’t understand the territory, fetishise the map, and therefore are aggrieved when the map is disregarded”; and [[Rent-seeker|rent-extractors]] — those who stand to be gain by rigid application of the map, many of whom will be, of course, [[administrator]]s. | ||
====The protestant and the catholic modes or organisation==== | ====The protestant and the catholic modes or organisation==== | ||
This leads the JC to offer two modes of operation: the ''protestant'' mode — being the first one, in which rules are rules, to suffer is divine, and rewards are presumed to be in the next life, since they clearly don’t apply in this one — and the ''catholic'' mode — being the second one, in which you act now and ask for permission, or forgiveness, later. | This leads the [[Jolly Contrarian|JC]] to offer two modes of operation: the run-of-the-mill ''protestant'' mode — being the first one, in which rules are rules, to suffer is divine, and rewards are presumed to be in the next life, since they clearly don’t apply in this one — and the much-talked-about-seldom-seen ''catholic'' mode — being the second one, in which you act now and ask for permission, or forgiveness, later. That always seemed more fun, open-minded and apt to uncover opportunities, and expose lurking risks, one might not find when following the same, mandated path home every day. The [[map]] may be linear, after all, but the [[territory]] is definitely not. | ||
To be catholic is to walk a high wire | To be catholic is to walk a high wire: there is no room for bluffers, fakers or know-nothings — they may ''ask'' for permission, but few will get it. But nor should you hire bluffers or fakers, and if you have hired no-nothings in your protestant strategy, you will be a long time finding a catholic path to redemption. | ||