"Celine's laws"?

Yesterday I was looking up something totally legitimate and work related in Wikipedia, and after a couple of follow-on clicks found myself in an article that really wasn't … but that lists three "laws" framed by a fictional character written by Robert Anton Wilson. Maybe you know these laws by heart, but yesterday was the first time I ever saw them.

Part of what amuses me about them is that the first and third are quirky and funny (which I expected) … but the second is such an obvious piece of straightforward (but routinely ignored!) organizational advice that it ought to be burned into the flesh of anyone promoted into management. 

 

Herewith:

 

1. National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity.
2. Accurate communication is possible only in a non-punishing situation.
3. An honest politician is a national calamity.

 

And the article is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine%27s_laws.

 

For your edification and amusement ….