Paul Baran - History has shown that there are very few mechanisms as effective at mainta

History has shown that there are very few mechanisms as effective at maintaining the status quo as a set of institutionalized regulations. Once set in regulatory concrete, reconsideration of the basic underlying assumptions is very difficult. While it will be an uphill fight to re-examine the basic underlying assumptions of any law or administrative rule, it is clearly not impossible. It will just take longer than if not so well institutionalized.

- Paul Baran

topic: Fighting, Maintaining The Status Quo, Law, Mechanism, Reconsideration