Kafka Internet
Interesting read about the internet of kafkaesque things comparing computers with bureaucracies.
As I argued last week, computers and bureaucracies share many similarities. Both take input in standardized form, process that data according to a set of rules, and spit out a result or decision.
But they also share similar weaknesses. Computers are mentally “stiff” and prone to laughable, child-like errors that even the dumbest human would never make. Computers can be mindless and inflexible, unforgetting and unforgiving, yet simultaneously quirky and error-prone. Bureaucracies are also notorious for their mindless application of rules and the dumb, irrational decisions that often result.
Found in the radar.