shminux comments on What happens when your beliefs fully propagate - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Alexei 14 February 2012 07:53AM

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Comment author: shminux 17 February 2012 08:33:00PM 3 points [-]

I am guessing that a part of what EY had in mind was that large organizations tend to lose its purposes and work towards self-preservation as much as towards the original objective. $10M/year translates into less than 100 full-time jobs, which is probably a good rule of thumb for an organization becoming too big to keep its collective eyes on the ball.