We knew it was a problem with personal initiative. What type of order need most initiative? What type of order is given almost alway only in an emergency?
' Don't ask me, Greg. Tell me!'
"It's the order to all six "fingers". In a normal situation several of the subsidiaries would be doing routine jobs and orders would be given separately. But in an emergency all six must be given orders at exactly the same time. Dave can't communicate with all six at the same time, so his circuits get overloaded and he starts to act crazy When I destroyed one of the robots, Dave was able to communicate with five "fingers". The initiative needed wasn't so great and he became normal. It was a guess, tried it, and it worked.
The robot's voice was in their ears again. 'Here I am, Will you be all right for half an hour, till we get you out?
"Easy!" said Powell. Then to Donovan he "And now this job should be simple. We check all the circuits, and see which ones can communicate only five orders, and change them.
I think that there's only one particular controlling circuit, which would be the problem.That's an easy job.' Donovan sounded cheerful.I wonder why Dave began marching and dancing whenever he went crazy.
Powell shook his head. I know. But I've got an idea.
Those subsidiaries were Dave's "fingers". Perhaps when there was an emergency and he went crazy, he just passed the time by playing with his fingers.