Reward exceptional talent with exceptional compensation/benefits. Mediocre talent should get mediocre compensation. Poor talent should get shown the door.
Most IT organizations make it too difficult for the minions to see any direct correlation between individual performance and pay/promotions. Collective 'incentive plans' that dole out bonuses to entire organizations based on the performance of the organization as a whole generally lead to little incentive for individuals to perform better ("Why should I bust my rear-end, when I'm gonna get the same rotten 3% raise that the guy next to me who does nothing but read/. all day").
VETO power [has no place]
This only applies to the Security Council, not the General Assembly. IMO, veto power rightfully belongs in the SC with those nations that have the ability to enforce the SC resolutions. Your logic would allow Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Philippines, Romania, and Tanzania (current elected members to the council) to order an invasion of China to disable its internet firewalls. Those 10 nations combined couldn't muster up enough military force to overpower the Swiss Guard at the Vatican with Italy's approval.
-lack of teeth; there should be a permanent peacekeeping force under UN control
Until the UN bureaucrats(sp?) are held accountable in any way, good luck with that wish. Not to mention the astronomical cost of maintaining a military force (manpower, equipment, logistics support) that would need to be at least 1/2 as large as the current US armed forces in order to have any hope of being a credible threat/deterent to enforce anything.
-too much diplomacy...lunacy like certain countries on the human rights commission
Finally, something we can agree upon.
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Most IT organizations make it too difficult for the minions to see any direct correlation between individual performance and pay/promotions. Collective 'incentive plans' that dole out bonuses to entire organizations based on the performance of the organization as a whole generally lead to little incentive for individuals to perform better ("Why should I bust my rear-end, when I'm gonna get the same rotten 3% raise that the guy next to me who does nothing but read /. all day").
This only applies to the Security Council, not the General Assembly. IMO, veto power rightfully belongs in the SC with those nations that have the ability to enforce the SC resolutions. Your logic would allow Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Philippines, Romania, and Tanzania (current elected members to the council) to order an invasion of China to disable its internet firewalls. Those 10 nations combined couldn't muster up enough military force to overpower the Swiss Guard at the Vatican with Italy's approval.
-lack of teeth; there should be a permanent peacekeeping force under UN control
Until the UN bureaucrats(sp?) are held accountable in any way, good luck with that wish. Not to mention the astronomical cost of maintaining a military force (manpower, equipment, logistics support) that would need to be at least 1/2 as large as the current US armed forces in order to have any hope of being a credible threat/deterent to enforce anything.
-too much diplomacy...lunacy like certain countries on the human rights commission
Finally, something we can agree upon.
In both cases, the end result is the same (inconsequential to the big picture).