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Why We Sleep – a tale of institutional failure (yngve.hoiseth.net)
2 points by lukastr0 2272 days ago
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The "law of large numbers", "institutional inertia" and related phenomena tend to cause large organizations to behave worse than individuals.

E.g. at least some individuals will do the right thing, but institutions do the wrong thing consistently and punish those who do the right thing.