Comments on: On organisation http://trilema.com/2013/on-organisation/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Thu, 14 May 2026 00:38:46 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: F http://trilema.com/2013/on-organisation/#comment-93953 F Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:40:59 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=48521#comment-93953 second option second option

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2013/on-organisation/#comment-93878 Mircea Popescu Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:40:27 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=48521#comment-93878 Yes, this divorcing of ambition from the means to exert it efficiently is what makes democracy initially great. As the schizoid nonsense propagates it inevitably reaches the point where it divorces the ambition from the means to exert it efficiently in the body economic as well as in the body politic, at which point you get what's called (by outsiders and outsiders only) irrational self entitlement. With that the end is nigh. Yes, this divorcing of ambition from the means to exert it efficiently is what makes democracy initially great. As the schizoid nonsense propagates it inevitably reaches the point where it divorces the ambition from the means to exert it efficiently in the body economic as well as in the body politic, at which point you get what's called (by outsiders and outsiders only) irrational self entitlement. With that the end is nigh.

]]> By: Zeke Vermillion http://trilema.com/2013/on-organisation/#comment-93877 Zeke Vermillion Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:36:28 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=48521#comment-93877 Successful legalistic structures are those which provide cheaper costs to accomplish organizational goals, vs. the costs of personal means. For example, a democratic system can survive for quite awhile without much violence so long as it is cheaper for an ambitious politician to win power through the electoral system than through violence. Of course, in practice it is not so simple -- most democracies are full of corruption at many points in the structure, where the legalistic system is not so efficient. Successful legalistic structures are those which provide cheaper costs to accomplish organizational goals, vs. the costs of personal means. For example, a democratic system can survive for quite awhile without much violence so long as it is cheaper for an ambitious politician to win power through the electoral system than through violence. Of course, in practice it is not so simple -- most democracies are full of corruption at many points in the structure, where the legalistic system is not so efficient.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2013/on-organisation/#comment-93876 Mircea Popescu Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:32:01 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=48521#comment-93876 @Chett At least that's how things used to work. The problem is that it's cheaper to have a really big herd. It's not novel either, bison used to herd in the millions. @David FRANCOIS Yeeees ? @Chett At least that's how things used to work. The problem is that it's cheaper to have a really big herd. It's not novel either, bison used to herd in the millions.

@David FRANCOIS Yeeees ?

]]> By: Vexare http://trilema.com/2013/on-organisation/#comment-93874 Vexare Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:32:54 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=48521#comment-93874 have a lot of small herds Which is how "society" worx, because there is no society. There is no global nor united etc. have a lot of small herds

Which is how "society" worx, because there is no society. There is no global nor united etc.

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