None of us are as dumb as all of us.
A counter to the older, pro-teamwork adage "None of us are as smart as all of us."
Speaks to the risk of lower-level workers' input being useless if upper management gives its own opinion first, due to the tendency of workers to fall in line once the position of the leader (who could fire them for dissent) is known.
The wording above was written on a wall at NASA's Houston complex after the Challenger disaster, as reported by astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Although the concept has long been known of, once it took the form of an aphorism, it acquired a viral quality.
A counter to the older, pro-teamwork adage "None of us are as smart as all of us."
Speaks to the risk of lower-level workers' input being useless if upper management gives its own opinion first, due to the tendency of workers to fall in line once the position of the leader (who could fire them for dissent) is known.
The wording above was written on a wall at NASA's Houston complex after the Challenger disaster, as reported by astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Although the concept has long been known of, once it took the form of an aphorism, it acquired a viral quality.
Niels Bohr and son Aage asked low-level engineer Richard Feynman their questions before asking higher-ups like Oppenheimer, partly to avoid taking up important administrators' time, but also to avoid Kelly's law of committees. Asking the higher-ups first, with lower-level workers present, would have a chilling effect on the latter's offering their own ideas and concerns.
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(long discussion about the BLM and Blue Lives flags and what they mean to people)
Soffy22: Well how would you feel about a confederate flag?
Merlyn2: There's so much propaganda about that, starting with how the Civil War was about States' Rights, and not slavery.
Maddox: AND THERE WE GO ... Kaplan's Law.
Soffy22: Well how would you feel about a confederate flag?
Merlyn2: There's so much propaganda about that, starting with how the Civil War was about States' Rights, and not slavery.
Maddox: AND THERE WE GO ... Kaplan's Law.
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"Have you seen the last progress of Google's deepmind ?"
"Yeah, we're one step closer from an AI revolution"
"Ah yes, the Matrix's law"
"Yeah, we're one step closer from an AI revolution"
"Ah yes, the Matrix's law"
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Essentially a circle jerk of guys who are in their own fantasy.
Essentially a circle jerk of guys who are in their own fantasy.
Girl1: I cant stand the bunch of guys. They are just playing everything by their own rules. Its so annoying.
Girl2: I know right. They are just a group of Law Brothers.
Girl2: I know right. They are just a group of Law Brothers.
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