The Knowledge Core · Mike Lee · Chapter 8: What Leaders Decide

Watching the population

A leader cannot watch a thousand agents one at a time, and should not try. Watch the population instead, the way a public health officer watches a city rather than every person in it. The record of every action, by agent and by principal, is what makes this possible. Three patterns deserve attention.

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