I saw an interesting point in a scientific paper recently which I, admittedly, only got to read the abstract of (scientific journals are littered with paywalls)

I saw an interesting point in a scientific paper recently which I, admittedly, only got to read the abstract of (scientific journals are littered with paywalls). It basically stated that the corporation is a form of social technology which has failed society. When looking at the reality of the situation, in particular, how slowly they move and how much they tend to halt progress, I tend to agree with the sentiment. Just look at IE6 - the web would be a very different place if certain people weren't so obsessed with making money (by always taking the path of least risk) and making everyone else pay for the fact. EDIT: This paper - http://sts.sagepub.com/content/15/1/1.abstract http://sts.sagepub.com/content/15/1/1.abstract