These weren’t even people who had direct management responsibility for people who did real work. They were part of the diffuse cloud of people who are in charge of the general principle of getting something done eventually, that you find everywhere in most large organizations

The Ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus’ paradox, or various variants, notably grandfather’s axe and (in the UK) Trigger’s Broom (based upon the “BBC” sitcom Only Fools and Horses) Is a paradox that raises the question of whether an object which has had all its component parts replaced remains fundamentally the same object.

And what struck me was how it was all so different. “I Get Around” sounded nothing like “God Only Knows”. “Surfer Girl” and “California Girls” both might both be about females, but that’s about the only similarity they have. I’m listening to hit after hit stunned that not only did Brian write these, the uninitiated might believe they were recorded by different acts.