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"Science is about continuity of ideas, a web of connections."
Gregory BenfordBureaucracy increases as a doubling function in time, given resources. — Gregory Benford
"Bureaucracy increases as a doubling function in time, given resources. At the personal level, the cause is the persistent desire of every manager to hire at least one assistant. This provides the time constant for growth. Eventually this collides with the carrying capacity of society."
Gregory Benford
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Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
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