[UA] Is this UA, or just retarded?

James M. Scott McDaniel scott at scottopic.com
Sat Jul 3 08:58:33 PDT 2004


Geez, work with me here. I own the book.
If the idea was to compare it to UA concepts, an author who promotes 
this very idea to the point where his name is applied to it, this could 
be a valid means to trying to ascend as the idea.


Cassady Toles wrote:
> 
> Actually, the term "petering out" comes from the Author (who's last name 
> was Peter) of "the Peter Principal" who noted that the promotion from 
> within creates people who get promoted out of every job at which they 
> show competence and into (eventually) the job they can't do, which they 
> never get out of, because they aren't good enough to get out.
> 
> It wasn't named after someone who did it...
> 
> Cassady
> 
> --- On Sat 07/03, James M. Scott McDaniel < scott at scottopic.com > wrote:
> 
>     *From: *James M. Scott McDaniel [mailto: scott at scottopic.com]
>     *To: *ua at lists.unknown-armies.com
>     *Date: *Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:56:01 -0400
>     *Subject: *Re: [UA] Is this UA, or just retarded?
> 
>     He's channelling the Incompetant Leader.
>     All we know is that the godwalker of the IL is someone once named
>     "Peter."
> 


-- 
James M. Scott McDaniel
scott at scottopic.com
"De gustibus non disputandum est"



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