Four out of five companies in Europe's largest economy continue to use fax machines. But Germany's parliament has until the end of June to stop relying on the antiquated communication technology.
As part of a campaign calling on the government to reduce red tape, Alsleben has opened what he calls “the most German of German museums,” the Bureaucracy Museum.
Genius move. I think it’s a worth move either way. Bureaucracy and the shape and history of it is worth preserving [information on].
Among the objects on display is a 10-foot stack of files representing the paperwork needed to install one wind turbine. Another is a photograph of a mailbox with the label: “Please deposit online forms here.”
Looks like it’s a 3 month limited activity, unfortunately.
Worst part of that 10 ft stack is that it’s actually just a single paragraph that makes reference to like 50 obscure german legal concepts that are named with contractions of like 180 words apiece.
Genius move. I think it’s a worth move either way. Bureaucracy and the shape and history of it is worth preserving [information on].
Looks like it’s a 3 month limited activity, unfortunately.
Here’s a video tour/intro of the Bureaucracy Museum.
Worst part of that 10 ft stack is that it’s actually just a single paragraph that makes reference to like 50 obscure german legal concepts that are named with contractions of like 180 words apiece.