Comments on: Management principle from Dune http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/01/14/management-principle-from-dune/ John D. Cook Wed, 22 May 2013 23:55:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Troy http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/01/14/management-principle-from-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Troy Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:59:40 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=12754#comment-187 Another bit of management advice from the Dune series, which I take to mean, “Don’t waste my time in meetings”:

The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy. Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: “I feed on your energy.”

]]> By: Dana Ernst http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/01/14/management-principle-from-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Dana Ernst Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:13:31 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=12754#comment-186 I love this quote. “Reblogging” it right now. I agree that the first few Dune books are excellent.

]]> By: JEP http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/01/14/management-principle-from-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-185 JEP Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:19:54 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=12754#comment-185 The first in the series is the best – it’s one of my all time favorites. The rest get pretty convoluted but are still entertaining.

I love me some Robert Heinlein, though.

]]> By: Frank Wilhoit http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/01/14/management-principle-from-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Frank Wilhoit Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:54:51 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=12754#comment-184 Knowing which decisions are permanent — i.e., which ones paint you into a corner; which ones cannot be revisited later, because they foreclosed the future options — is not wisdom; it is a manifestation of the halting problem. When someone guesses lucky, it looks like wisdom. When someone guesses lucky conspicuously often, it looks even more like wisdom. But it is still the halting problem and it is still guesswork.

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/01/14/management-principle-from-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Daniel Lemire Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:44:42 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=12754#comment-183 Dune, if you just stick with the originals, is a masterpiece. It can’t even be described. It is beyond brilliant.

]]> By: Eardil http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/01/14/management-principle-from-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Eardil Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:08:05 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=12754#comment-182 You really should give Dune a chance. One of my favorite series.

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