On Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 17:52:54 UTC, Chris wrote:
And don't forget a*se covering, risk aversion is often not much more than that. It's one of the most common things in organizations. If things go wrong, at least you stuck to the protocol, the the well-established, widely used language. So they can't get you there. If not they fry you, even if the failure is due to other things.
Yes - that is most of it. The way that changes is some people are less driven by social factors, whether because of who they are or the situation they are in. Some of these succeed, slowly perceptions change, and after a while it's the best thing since sliced bread. But these things take time, and it's senseless to think one can know the moment of inflection points based on logical reasoning (since the timing depends on many other factors out of the scope of things one is familiar with - these factors are easier to spot with hindsight than in real time).
