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New policies create more opportunities for noise, so we need restraint to maintain what made current policies effective. Most sensible people understand this, as they’ve also realized that bureaucratic exercises often overshadow the actual work we need to accomplish. However, when we focus on existing policies and the job at hand, we receive a mix of superficial praise, vague criticism, and more noise. While this isn’t necessarily malicious, it’s simply the natural progression of entropy.

Simply put, more policies introduce more surface area, thereby introducing more friction that degrades quality outcomes and decreases throughput.