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W. E. Perry and Uche Ogbuji wrote about re-inventing the wheel. Perry: > So yes, Uche, I unquestionably prefer choice one over choice two. Choice one responds > to each new problem (indeed, where necessary each new instance of each new problem) > with the advantages of adaptation at the level of each node as well as at the level > of the overall order of process, which defines the system as a whole. Choice two > relies on the authoritative fiat of a canonical solution. Whence derives this > authority? I dunno. In the case of choice one, the authority is qui fit--it derives > from the adaptable node within the adaptable system responding successfully to the > new and unexpected problem as it is encountered. > Come on, guys, both ways are needed and I bet both of you really think that way, too. Some things need group or organizational solutions, some are better done individually or on a small scale - even if the wheel get reinvented from time to time. The balance constantly shifts. For the car example, most of us couldn't afford a car if it were individually designed and build. And we wouldn't have any roads. And you couldn'd drive anyone else's car. without training. The way the subject of this list may fit in to this is the possibility of changes in the balance - of loosening up the way organizations work. Cheers, Tom P
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