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idiotsecantyesterday at 11:03 PM2 repliesview on HN

Its both dumber and more dangerous than that. Competent people are not valuable to governments that value loyalty more than competence.


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gotwaztoday at 1:44 AM

"Competent" people are not valuable and over rated because they will flake out in such jobs when the group holds them responsible for all sorts of things they have no control over. They are the first people who recognize lumits. Their own, their teams and the systems. But people dont want to hear about Limits. They want saviors and messaihs. They want fantasy and magic. So the system runs not optimized for efficiency but illusion of control, for damping of anxieties and fears.

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trinsic2today at 2:11 AM

and that will be there eventual downfall luckily.