Richard Holbrooke knew communication too

The late Richard Holbrooke knew communication as well as he knew foreign affairs.

Forty years ago, when he was editor of Foreign Policy magazineโ€”the subject of one of his last speechesโ€”he said this undeniably true thing, about the danger inherent in a society comprised of unfathomably large organizations:

โ€œThe chances of catastrophe grow, as organizations grow in number and size, and internal communications become more time consuming, less intelligible, and less controllable.”

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