Midwit take:
In general people are highly attuned to out of pocket costs but don’t do well identifying opportunity costs even if very large.
When you put a stupid person or a crazy person in an important administrative or leadership role, the bad behavior will result mostly…
In general people are highly attuned to out of pocket costs but don’t do well identifying opportunity costs even if very large.
When you put a stupid person or a crazy person in an important administrative or leadership role, the bad behavior will result mostly…
…in opportunity costs. Attention will be focused on nonsense. Time will be spent cleaning up messes. Smart and talented people will be pathologized and viewed with envy, suspicion, and resentment, limiting their ability to perform.
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Also smart people will be smart enough to find exits and better opportunities when there’s a dysfunctional environment.
The derangement of meritocratic structures by ideological enthusiasts is hugely consequential with broad negative externalities but it can be hard to…
Also smart people will be smart enough to find exits and better opportunities when there’s a dysfunctional environment.
The derangement of meritocratic structures by ideological enthusiasts is hugely consequential with broad negative externalities but it can be hard to…
…model for normal people without technical expertise/ inside knowledge and requires accurately modeling a complicated counterfactual.
Telling stupid people in leadership positions why they’re failing and what they should be doing is almost an impossible + unwinnable battle.
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Telling stupid people in leadership positions why they’re failing and what they should be doing is almost an impossible + unwinnable battle.
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Holding stupid, crazy, and incompetent people to account is also not going to be the basis for an effective politics.
The answer has to be preventing the installation of these people on ideological grounds in the first place.
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Holding stupid, crazy, and incompetent people to account is also not going to be the basis for an effective politics.
The answer has to be preventing the installation of these people on ideological grounds in the first place.
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You’ll always be disappointed by politics and politics is a stupid thing to be emotionally and intellectually invested in, but it does seem like DeSantis gets all of this better than any other politician with a national profile.
You’ll always be disappointed by politics and politics is a stupid thing to be emotionally and intellectually invested in, but it does seem like DeSantis gets all of this better than any other politician with a national profile.
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