How institutions achieve independence from the individual

[void4]

Through symbols, and person-independent, abstract notions such as the office, and a fundamental reliance on documents which define the structure of the organisation:

Companies: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualit%C3%A4tsmanagementhandbuch https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualit%C3%A4tsmanagementnorm#EN_ISO_9001

Bureaucratic states: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesch%C3%A4ftsverteilungsplan

Military: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A4rke-_und_Ausr%C3%BCstungsnachweisung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_organization_and_equipment

Religious Communities: religious texts Doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catechism

Cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_council

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fibDNwF8bjs

[FroehlichMarcel]

It's not a bug, it's a feature. Documents and data are the memory of social systems.