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deepGem on July 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss

"Big organizations are needed for big problems" - Not necessarily true. Most of the big problems till date have either been solved by a small group of people, or in some case just by individuals.

kiiski on July 14, 2011 [–]

Perhaps "big projects" would be better than "big problems" here (since the examples were pyramids and operating systems).

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