Gadfium found these meetings exasperating; they were supposed to keep people up to date with developments and help facilitate actions which might be … - Iain Banks

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Gadfium found these meetings exasperating; they were supposed to keep people up to date with developments and help facilitate actions which might be of use in the current emergency, but so far all they ever seemed to do was pander to some of the attendees’ feelings of self-importance and produce vast amounts of talk that substituted for deeds rather than leading to them.