I meant that all institutions are subject to CHANGE (not chance). I cannot blame voice input for that error. I typed it.
All institutions are also subject to chance developments that no one can predict, and also to inexplicable human whims and irrationality. See the history of WWI, for example. Even as events unfolded in 1914, it seemed senseless. Most Europeans could not tell what was happening, or what the cause of the war was. In retrospect, the biggest cause appears to be train schedules. The German generals had the notion that once they set their war machine in motion and began moving troops rapidly on trains, they would automatically win the war quickly if they stuck to the predefined schedule, or lose if they faltered. Other people then and now thought this was crazy, but the generals believed it. Modern generals and politicians believe equally crazy ideas, as we saw in the war in Iraq. - Jed
