"The trap we've fallen into is to believe that a thousand incompetents properly organized can do the job of a few dozen outstanding people"
OMS's footer reminds me of this from electrical rules and regulations;
"Ignorance and injudicious economy.- Many of the dangers in the application of electricity arise from ignorance and inexperience on the part of those who supply and fit up inadequate plant, and frequently injudicious economy on the part of the user."
Rules and Regulations for the Prevention of Fire Risks Arising from Electric Lighting.
Issued April 1888 by the Society of Telegraph-Engineers and Electricians. (Now the Institution of Electrical Engineers, my old source book says.)
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