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The Pragmatist's Guide to Governance: From high school cliques to boards, family offices, and nations: A guide to optimizing governance models
Any group of people expected to work synergistically needs a system that structures their interactions. That system is “governance.” The Pragmatist’s Guide to Governance takes a first principles approach to exploring the ways governance structures affect the humans living under them (and vice versa), with a special focus on how human psychology interacts with the structures that facilitate our interaction with other people. Originally written as a thought experiment in forming a family office that won’t ultimately fizzle out, incite inter-family conflict, or undermine descendants, this book explores governing structures ranging from states to religions, online forums, middle school cliques, and family units. This book will be uniquely useful to anyone:
- GenresPhilosophy
402 pages, Paperback
Published January 18, 2023
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January 15, 2024
There is some original and interesting thinking here. There are also large conclusions largely unjustified and I suspect there is some confirmation bias too. Finally the pay off or conclusion was a but anticlimactic, which is why I only gave it 4 stars. However, this book will make you think and look at things slightly differently. Well worth the read.
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