grand truths about human behavior

December 3rd, 2009 • posts i've written

A short sampling from the boards at EdwardTufte.com:

Authority gone to one’s head is the greatest enemy of truth. – Einstein

Any organization that designs a system (defined more broadly here than just information systems) will inevitably produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization’s communication structure. – Conway’s Law

90 percent of everything is crud. – Theodore Sturgeon

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1. 24 causes for human misjudgement
2. the age of synthesis
3. giving good copy

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