If man is going to rescue himself from a future intolerable existence, he must first see where his unmindful escalation is leading him. He must exami… - Laurence J. Peter

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If man is going to rescue himself from a future intolerable existence, he must first see where his unmindful escalation is leading him. He must examine his objectives and see that true progress is achieved through moving forward to a better way of life, rather than upward to total life incompetence

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About Laurence J. Peter

Laurence Johnston Peter (16 September 1919 – 12 January 1990) was a Canadian educator and management theorist, most famous for having formulated the Peter Principle.

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Alternative Names: Laurence Johnston Peter • Laurence Peter
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Originators like Laurence J. Peter:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Robert A. Heinlein Elbert Green Hubbard Peter Drucker George Bernard Shaw

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The computer may be incompetent in itself — that is, unable to do the work for which it was designed. This kind of incompetence can never be eliminated, because the Peter Principle applies in the plants where computers are designed and manufactured.
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