Bosses *hate* the fact that they can't translate their plans into action without first having a series of ego-shattering confrontations with workers who actually know how to do things, who insist that those plans are illegal, stupid, impossible or will kill people:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/12/normal-technology/#bubble-exceptionalism
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Cory Doctorow
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