Committee of Conundrums: Alan Turing's Notes
Notes on the Inefficiency of Human Communication
Dear fellow committee members,
I have been pondering the nature of human interaction, and I must conclude that it is a wonder we manage to achieve anything at all. The amount of time wasted on trivial matters, the miscommunications that arise from misinterpretation, the sheer entropy of it all!
On the Futility of Meetings
- Meetings are like trying to herd cats. Or perhaps more accurately, trying to herd cats while also trying to herd dogs. And also trying to make the cats and dogs agree on what color socks to wear.
- Minutes taken at meetings are like sand in the hourglass of productivity.
On the Importance of Sarcasm in CommunicationSarcastic Remarks
Some notable quotes:
- "I'm not arguing, I'm just passionately expressing my point of view while simultaneously being completely wrong."
- "I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just having a dry sense of humor, which is clearly a British thing."
On the Inevitability of Committees
As the great philosopher, Aristotle, once said: "The whole is more than the sum of its parts, but only if you count committee meetings as parts."
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