I think the difference between real bureaucracies and HCH is that in real functioning bureaucracies should be elements capable to say “screw this arbitrary problem factorization, I’m doing what’s useful” and bosses of bureaucracy should be able to say “we all understand that otherwise system wouldn’t be able to work”.
I think the difference between real bureaucracies and HCH is that in real functioning bureaucracies should be elements capable to say “screw this arbitrary problem factorization, I’m doing what’s useful” and bosses of bureaucracy should be able to say “we all understand that otherwise system wouldn’t be able to work”.