> Think about this way: why do startups start young, idealistic and innovative only to eventually grow more and more corporate and litigious in nature?
I submit that people scale poorly.
Sure, Gall's Law[1], but note an empirical military truth: people in quantity do not accomplish tasks without a loss of individuality and a heavy authoritarian structure.
The U.S. military is also hugely expensive and wildly inefficient. Why are SpecOps teams all? Less is more.
Attempts to externalize and codify successes within corporate policies are worthwhile, but have a half-life associated with them as people turn over and contexts shift.
In summary, all human organizations tend toward the Tower of Babel. Lack of scalabilty is intrinsic. We can stop wondering.
I submit that people scale poorly.
Sure, Gall's Law[1], but note an empirical military truth: people in quantity do not accomplish tasks without a loss of individuality and a heavy authoritarian structure.
The U.S. military is also hugely expensive and wildly inefficient. Why are SpecOps teams all? Less is more.
Attempts to externalize and codify successes within corporate policies are worthwhile, but have a half-life associated with them as people turn over and contexts shift.
In summary, all human organizations tend toward the Tower of Babel. Lack of scalabilty is intrinsic. We can stop wondering.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall.27s_...