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The law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson's 1957 argument that people within an organization commonly give disproportionate weight to trivial issues. [1] Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what ...
This "bicycle shed effect" is easily explained: true expertise on nuclear plants is rare, while everybody can have a say about bicycle sheds, and refreshments are clear and dear to all. Sadly, the "bicycle shed effect" can be noted on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and theoretically every Wikipedian is working to build it.
Part of the original cast-iron Farnam Street facade remains; and although the original atrium elevator was replaced, a new elevator occupies the same area as the original. [3] The Gene Leahy Mall wraps around the building today, and is on the outskirts of the Old Market Historic District and is across the street from the Nash Block.
The First National Bank Building is a U-shaped, fourteen-story, historic steel structure building located on the corner of 16th and Farnam street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The building was constructed in 1917. It was the original building for the First National Bank as well as the first high-rise building built in Omaha.
Levy told The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday that he got stuck while trying to leave the neighborhood. "The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon," Levy said.
FBI photo of 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, identified as the deceased suspect of the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year’s Day that killed 15 and injured dozens more.
Blackstone Plaza (formerly named Kiewit Plaza) is a 210 foot (64 m), 15 story high-rise office building in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.It is located at 3555 Farnam Street at the corner of South 36th Street. [1]
Health insurance industry officials remain uncharacteristically reserved in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4.. A week after the attack, the ...