I’ve always tried to live by the aspiration to leave this place - this job, this community, this world I’ve been born into - a little better than I found it. Likewise, I think most people wake up each morning with the aspiration to do a good job that day. That’s how we improve, and how we help those around us. Thanks for reminding us of that, Clates.
We’re currently seeing how someone being very bad in a very important job can be nation-changing. And somewhat world-changing, although the world will be moving on despite what the person who is terrible at his job does. That is reassuring, although it means the U.S. will get left behind.
We live in a time when many people, including many powerful people, find competence threatening. Is it because competence threatens and break down the ideological identities so many people seem to depend on?
I’ve always tried to live by the aspiration to leave this place - this job, this community, this world I’ve been born into - a little better than I found it. Likewise, I think most people wake up each morning with the aspiration to do a good job that day. That’s how we improve, and how we help those around us. Thanks for reminding us of that, Clates.
We’re currently seeing how someone being very bad in a very important job can be nation-changing. And somewhat world-changing, although the world will be moving on despite what the person who is terrible at his job does. That is reassuring, although it means the U.S. will get left behind.
We live in a time when many people, including many powerful people, find competence threatening. Is it because competence threatens and break down the ideological identities so many people seem to depend on?