Every large organization eventually optimizes for not being blamed. | Memecology

Card: Every large organization eventually optimizes for not being blamed. Painting behind it: Mattia Preti, Pilate Washing His Hands (1663). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. — Mattia Preti, Pilate Washing His Hands (1663). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.

F07 · Institutions

Every large organization eventually optimizes for not being blamed.

Why this painting: The founding image of the move. Mechanism, not a modern totem.

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Image: Mattia Preti, Pilate Washing His Hands (1663). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.