Less Rules and Less People
May 31, 2004
Two things I wanted to remember from Acts of Volition: (84M)
Following rules makes you stupid: (84N)
While I知 intrigued by the idea, I知 not writing to advocate traffic law reform. Rather, it was a greater idea behind this new school of traffic design. The idea is that people will act in according to the responsibility and freedom they are given. (84O)
There's something there about the difference between structures that constrain and those that support. (84P)
The rules posting points to Garrity's Law of Inverse Congregational Intelligence: (84Q)
The intellect of individuals in a group decreases exponentially as the number of individuals in the group increases. (84R)
I suppose that runs a bit contrary to the collaboration ethic I've claimed to buy at various times, but there is a great deal of evidence in both social and personal history to support Garrity's Law. I suspect the strength of ties is another variable as well as the strength of goals. (84S)
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