The Pebble and the Avalanche

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Current Revolutions in Business and Technology

by Dr. Moshe Yudkowsky,

author of The Pebble and The Avalanche: How Taking Things Apart Creates Revolutions

 

Wed, 2006-Nov-22, 13:56

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Quiz: Business, Medicine, and Government

This morning I read an article about health care and the migration of hospitals away from city centers into the suburbs. As I was reading it, I put aside my usual highliner and pulled out a blue one to start underlining every phrase in the document that discussed the role of government. When I was finished the text was awash in blue ink. Just about every major business decision a hospital makes is second-guessed by local, state, and Federal officials, and then subject to protests and lawsuits from anyone who is unhappy with the decision.

The aggregation of all business decisions into the hands of government produces completely predictable results.

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