Peter, In today's dialog, it seems so easy for each side to rise up and say "I'm right, you're wrong, facts don't matter (or they all agree with my view)." Almost all disputes have two sides -- most of my concern is the government reliably trying to squelch one of them. (Because of my general sense of the horror of government, I assume t…
Peter, In today's dialog, it seems so easy for each side to rise up and say "I'm right, you're wrong, facts don't matter (or they all agree with my view)." Almost all disputes have two sides -- most of my concern is the government reliably trying to squelch one of them. (Because of my general sense of the horror of government, I assume that what they are trying to force me to believe is wrong so will generally support the other side.)
But the facts are that most things that are problems are problems because they have long been unresolvable. So understanding why that is true (whether for new problems like social media or older problems like homelessness) and thinking through options to fix them (as opposed to "more money (always mine, not yours) to solve this problem in ways that make no sense but sound good") really needs to be foundational to any actual progress forward.
You are the first author I have seen who starkly lays out that the "other" side has NO SOLUTION...just empty phrases and AWFL whining. Until BOTH sides have actual solutions that might work (and it is possible that one side has NO solutions and will not admit that...thus the whining) there will be no progress.
I read all your stuff, but this is something that ANYONE can read and walk away thinking. That is a real accomplishment.
Peter, In today's dialog, it seems so easy for each side to rise up and say "I'm right, you're wrong, facts don't matter (or they all agree with my view)." Almost all disputes have two sides -- most of my concern is the government reliably trying to squelch one of them. (Because of my general sense of the horror of government, I assume that what they are trying to force me to believe is wrong so will generally support the other side.)
But the facts are that most things that are problems are problems because they have long been unresolvable. So understanding why that is true (whether for new problems like social media or older problems like homelessness) and thinking through options to fix them (as opposed to "more money (always mine, not yours) to solve this problem in ways that make no sense but sound good") really needs to be foundational to any actual progress forward.
You are the first author I have seen who starkly lays out that the "other" side has NO SOLUTION...just empty phrases and AWFL whining. Until BOTH sides have actual solutions that might work (and it is possible that one side has NO solutions and will not admit that...thus the whining) there will be no progress.
I read all your stuff, but this is something that ANYONE can read and walk away thinking. That is a real accomplishment.