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If it is left to itself, the office will become technical, self-absorbed, self-multiplying.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgIf it is left to itself, the office will become technical, self-absorbed, self-multiplying.
He warns that without external input, offices can become overly technical and self-focused.
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