Local Government in Tasmania and Brandolini's Law

Alberto Brandolini: The bullshit asymmetry: the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it. ... 11 Jan 2013

In recent times, this picture has been circulating on the Internet. According to RationalWiki, that sentence must be attributed to Alberto Brandolini, an Italian independent software development consultant. It's been checked with Alberto and, unless someone else claims paternity of this absolutely brilliant statement, it seems that he actually is the original author. 

Here is what seems to be the very first appearance of what must, from now on, be known as the Brandolini’s law – or, as Alberto suggests, the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle. In regard to Local Govt. in Tasmania it clearly has an application and especially so in regard to SECTIONS 65 & 62 of Tasmania's dysfunctional, problematic and discredited Local Govt. Act 1993.

When a General Manager claims this Act to be, paraphrased, "an old friend" you just know that you in a particular instance and council constituencies more widely. With Tasmania's Local Govt. Sector in turmoil and exhibiting the tell-tale symptoms of dysfunctionalism there is a great deal to worry about.

The most concerning thing that's evident in this regard in to Local Govt. is when the Minister is perceived to be looking the other way in the face of the extraordinary costs being visited upon local communities and the servicing that is being foregone. It is time to be very mindful of Brandolini's Law.

Desmond Tutu tells us that "children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are." It now seems that Italian software consultants are to be treasured alongside children for their wit and wisdom and what that has to offer the world.