202504051615 Status: #idea Tags: #bureaucracy #institutions #government # Bureaucracies can be useful to outsource tasks to less competent individuals Bureaucracies by design constrain action and innovation by providing a highly rigid set of rules that its members must follow. This can be useful to a great founder because it allows him to outsource tasks to less competent, driven people. As long as the rules of the bureaucracy are designed in such a way that it limits undesirable actions and forces desired actions, the bureaucracy will enable the founder to significantly scale up his leverage. ## Related Ideas - [[Bureaucracies should be dismantled once their function is completed]] - [[Committees give the appearance of prudence while serving as a shield for accountability]] - [[Great institutions require planning and insight from the beginning]] - [[Social technologies are the operating system for a civilization]] - [[One of the primary roles of a ruler or leader is to shape incentives]] --- # References [[Great Founder Theory]]