The principle is this: In any hierarchy, a
person tends to rise to the level of his incompetence. Thus, every position will eventually to
be
occupied by someone who is not quite capable of the job; otherwise, they would have been
promoted. The presentation is tongue-in-cheek, but the theory is no joke. After reading The
Peter Principle, you begin to see it everywhere. It explains, for instance, those clerks in the
post
office and other bureaucracies who have been in their positions for decades yet never seem to
advance. Incompetence is a real, immutable quality that one has to consider when dealing with
humans.
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