*Prince of Whine | Institutional Decay | Omarosa's Revenge
"Today, it is unusual to meet someone with an institutional mindset. We live in an age of institutional anxiety, when people are prone to distrust large organizations. This is partly because we've seen the failure of these institutions and partly because in the era of the Big Me, we put the individual first. We tend to prize the freedom to navigate as we wish, to run our lives as we choose, and never to submerge our own individual identities in conformity to some bureaucracy or organization. We tend to assume that the purpose is to lead the richest and fullest individual life, jumping from one organization to the next as it suits our needs. Meaning is found in these acts of self-creation, in the things we make and contribute to, in our endless choices.
Nobody wants to be an Organization Man. We like startups, disruptors, and rebels. There's less prestige accorded to those who tend to the perpetual reform and repair of institutions….This mentality has contributed to institutional decay. As the editor Tim Brown has put it, if everybody is told to think outside the box, you've got to expect that the boxes themselves will begin to deteriorate." – David Brooks
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