Trained incapacity refers to that state of affairs in which one's abilities function as inadequacies or blind spots.
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In 1921, Thorstein Veblen described what he called " trained incapacity " in bureaucracies, resulting from a propensity to mechanically apply established rules and regulations.
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In fact, Robert K . Merton's notion of occupational psychosis is also important : " The transition to a study of the negative aspects of bureaucracy is afforded by the application of Veblen's concept of " trained incapacity, " Dewey's notion of " occupational psychosis " or Warnotte's view of " professional deformation ".