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65 Post author: ThinkOfTheChildren 08 April 2013 09:29PM

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 09 April 2013 01:39:27AM *  23 points [-]

Most things in general are broken to a degree that the average reasonable person would find completely shocking. There are absolutely comic book levels of incompetence, grift, discrimination, and vice, within most bureaucratic organizations if you know where to look.

Comment author: Barry_Cotter 09 April 2013 11:29:19AM 5 points [-]

For extra credit apply this insight to fast growing organisations that were initially founded or staffed by a group of unusual people, and don't foreget the role of luck or reversion to the mean.