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		uaaa on April 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse Management and other myths 1. Complex systems tend to produce complex responses (not solutions) to problems. 2. Great advances are not produced by systems designed to produce great advances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics

dredmorbius on April 4, 2017 | [–]

Also, thank you so very much for Systemantics. I've run across it before, but very much needed to run across it here and now.

dredmorbius on April 4, 2017 | [–]

"The chief cause of problems is solutions."

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