On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 4:14:41 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 1/17/2024 11:11 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
Incompetence Is Inevitable: Five Books That Illustrate the Peter Principle >> >Zero for five here.
Five stories in which competence is tested by going beyond its limits.
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-books-that-illustrate-the-peter-principle/
This is among the last of my tor dot com posts. Next week, that tag
becomes Reactor.
The Powers is his breakthrough novel. I must have read it five times.
The Sheckley is great if you like Sheckley. I do, many do not.
Somehow I missed everything by Chandler except a couple of decent short >stories.
On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 4:14:41 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 1/17/2024 11:11 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
Incompetence Is Inevitable: Five Books That Illustrate the Peter Principle >> >Zero for five here.
Five stories in which competence is tested by going beyond its limits.
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-books-that-illustrate-the-peter-principle/
This is among the last of my tor dot com posts. Next week, that tag
becomes Reactor.
The Powers is his breakthrough novel. I must have read it five times.
The Sheckley is great if you like Sheckley. I do, many do not.
Somehow I missed everything by Chandler except a couple of decent short >stories.
One could also mention the Reteif novels, in which everyone except Reteif has >been promoted beyond his or her level of competence. Often far beyond.
William Hyde
On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 7:57:14 PM UTC-5, Ted Nolan
<tednolan> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,Reteif has
William Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 4:14:41 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> >> On 1/17/2024 11:11 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
Incompetence Is Inevitable: Five Books That Illustrate the Peter >Principlehttps://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-books-that-illustrate-the-peter-principle/
Five stories in which competence is tested by going beyond its limits. >> >> >
Zero for five here.
This is among the last of my tor dot com posts. Next week, that tag
becomes Reactor.
The Powers is his breakthrough novel. I must have read it five times.
The Sheckley is great if you like Sheckley. I do, many do not.
Somehow I missed everything by Chandler except a couple of decent short
stories.
One could also mention the Reteif novels, in which everyone except
been promoted beyond his or her level of competence. Often far beyond.It depends on what they are being tested for. I recently ran across, the
William Hyde
new to me, excellent phrase:
"The purpose of a system is what it does" (POSIWID)
Magnan et al are what the system does.
Even at the start, though, Magnan seems to have a slightly better grasp
on reality than the others. By the late books, he's well ahead of the >average diplomat in this area, doubtless from long exposure to Retief.
Once in a while he even makes a decision without Reteif that does not
turn out to be disastrous.
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-books-that-illustrate-the-peter-principle/
On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:11:12 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (James
Nicoll) wrote:
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-books-that-il
lustrate-the-peter-principle/
From the comments:
�Those who can, do. Those who can�t do, teach. Those who can�t teach
go into administration.�
In practice, those who are very good at doing make terrible teachers.
They can't tell you how to do because they don't know.
"How do I add two numbers?"
"Look at them and write down the sum."
On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:11:12 -0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(James Nicoll) wrote:
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-b
ooks-that-illustrate-the-peter-principle/
From the comments:
�Those who can, do. Those who can�t do, teach. Those who can�t
teach go into administration.�
In practice, those who are very good at doing make terrible
teachers. They can't tell you how to do because they don't know.
Joy Beeson <[email protected]d> wrote in news:[email protected]:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:11:12 -0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(James Nicoll) wrote:
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-b
ooks-that-illustrate-the-peter-principle/
From the comments:
?Those who can, do. Those who can?t do, teach. Those who can?t
teach go into administration.?
In practice, those who are very good at doing make terrible
teachers. They can't tell you how to do because they don't know.
I'd say instead that teaching is a skill in itself and may not be
strongly related to skill in what you're trying to teach.
I'd say instead that teaching is a skill in itself and may not be
strongly related to skill in what you're trying to teach.
On 18/01/2024 00:57, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
William Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 4:14:41?PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote: >>>> On 1/17/2024 11:11 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/17/incompetence-is-inevitable-five-books-that-illustrate-the-peter-principle/Incompetence Is Inevitable: Five Books That Illustrate the Peter Principle
Five stories in which competence is tested by going beyond its limits. >>>>>
Zero for five here.
This is among the last of my tor dot com posts. Next week, that tag
becomes Reactor.
The Powers is his breakthrough novel. I must have read it five times.
The Sheckley is great if you like Sheckley. I do, many do not.
Somehow I missed everything by Chandler except a couple of decent short
stories.
One could also mention the Reteif novels, in which everyone except Reteif has
been promoted beyond his or her level of competence. Often far beyond.
William Hyde
It depends on what they are being tested for. I recently ran across, the
new to me, excellent phrase:
"The purpose of a system is what it does" (POSIWID)
Magnan et al are what the system does.
Apparently, POSIWID arises from what's
called "cybernetics", which apparently
isn't about the threat of cyborgs but
is a study of "circular causal systems".
And if POSIWID is all there is to
cybernetics, then the Wikipedia page
is slightly too long.
Apparently, referring to what the handbook
says the thing is /supposed/ to do is
forbidden to cyberneticists. So does
POSIEID replace RTFM?
I'd say instead that teaching is a skill in itself and may not be
strongly related to skill in what you're trying to teach.
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