Hello
Over in "Other peoples fiction" in a thread
http://drunkardswalkforum...Non-serviam-A-plot-bunny
I mention the "Iron Law of Bureaucracy" and use a rant based around the "iron Law" because it takes the fanfic idea in a direction most people familiar with the movie aren't looking.
Here is a Link(Thanks Necratoid)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle
It was science fiction movie with an implied rant about mob rule or that humanity couldn't make good decision and added a rant with the opposite view using Bureaucratic examples from personal experience and the real world to show the direction a fanfic writer could take it.
That led to a reply with Unions being mentioned in less than 5 post so I thought I'd create a thread here.
Cattynebulart mentioned citation and that sounds like it would be fun both for and against Bureaucracy.
Cattynebulart mentioned the Roman Bureaucracy lasting for 1000's of years
I'll mention China if I'm not mistaken they had a Bureaucracy that beat the Romans in lifespan and ability.
Necratoid mentioned unions and a current Law
Robkelk pointed out some things about the tendency to make it the unions fault.
Edit
Just saw CattyNebularts 2:15 post and he wanted citation of my 50 year rant statement not the "Iron Law". I was treating the 50 years as a exaggeration, but I think I can scare up a few examples that argue for a 50 year life cycle more or less at least as a modern state of affairs for modern computer driven Bureaucracies.
Also does anyone else have the occasional problem of yuku sometimes losing all formatting information and putting up a wall of text, thought I had that solved, but my recent surge of post has had it happen a couple of times..
hmelton
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Over in "Other peoples fiction" in a thread
http://drunkardswalkforum...Non-serviam-A-plot-bunny
I mention the "Iron Law of Bureaucracy" and use a rant based around the "iron Law" because it takes the fanfic idea in a direction most people familiar with the movie aren't looking.
Here is a Link(Thanks Necratoid)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle
It was science fiction movie with an implied rant about mob rule or that humanity couldn't make good decision and added a rant with the opposite view using Bureaucratic examples from personal experience and the real world to show the direction a fanfic writer could take it.
That led to a reply with Unions being mentioned in less than 5 post so I thought I'd create a thread here.
Cattynebulart mentioned citation and that sounds like it would be fun both for and against Bureaucracy.
Cattynebulart mentioned the Roman Bureaucracy lasting for 1000's of years
I'll mention China if I'm not mistaken they had a Bureaucracy that beat the Romans in lifespan and ability.
Necratoid mentioned unions and a current Law
Robkelk pointed out some things about the tendency to make it the unions fault.
Edit
Just saw CattyNebularts 2:15 post and he wanted citation of my 50 year rant statement not the "Iron Law". I was treating the 50 years as a exaggeration, but I think I can scare up a few examples that argue for a 50 year life cycle more or less at least as a modern state of affairs for modern computer driven Bureaucracies.
Also does anyone else have the occasional problem of yuku sometimes losing all formatting information and putting up a wall of text, thought I had that solved, but my recent surge of post has had it happen a couple of times..
hmelton
.