Parkinson’s Law
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Cyril Northcote Parkinson first articulated this observation in a humorous essay in The Economist in 1955, later expanded into the book Parkinson’s Law: The Pursuit of Progress (1958). Originally describing the growth of bureaucracy in the British Civil Service, the principle applies broadly: when capacity increases, the work to fill it follows.