Someone mentioned to me today that the discovery of the Times Sq. beach chairs (my post White Nights Carnival on the Times Square) proves an intelligent life is possible within a bureaucracy. I believe this is not about a functioning bureaucracy but rather a serendipity at work. The chairs are an accidental, temporary solution for the permanent fixtures that failed to show up on time. The beach chairs prove the power of an aside project. Discovery is always accidental, form the Penicillin to Potato Chips, from the American continent to Twitter… Similarly a savior in every culture is always an illegitimate son. You want to break the mold, you would have to be born breaking the rules.
Further Reading:
The Power of Expectation
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Tinkering
Political Affiliations of the Orthodox Jews in America
