This ties into a point I don’t think I made very well in the original post, which is that doing all the work yourself and letting people feel like it’s handled is tugging the ladder up at least a little bit. Imagine someone growing up in a household where their parents always cook all the meals, then they move out and abruptly realize they don’t know how to fry an egg. It was always possible to watch the meal preparation, but why would they do that if they don’t think ahead and realize someday they’re going to have to do it themselves?
There’s a hazard in taking care of a problem too completely and too seamlessly, especially if you might someday stop. The American government is not what most people would call complete and seamless, but it has managed to let people not really pay attention to how it works most of the time.
Chief Bob’s hearings are in your neighborhood, involve your neighbors, and you’re expected to go and watch the proceedings because everyone else is. I’m not saying that’s better overall- policy debates are not onesided.
Yep, it’s accessible. I haven’t gone.
This ties into a point I don’t think I made very well in the original post, which is that doing all the work yourself and letting people feel like it’s handled is tugging the ladder up at least a little bit. Imagine someone growing up in a household where their parents always cook all the meals, then they move out and abruptly realize they don’t know how to fry an egg. It was always possible to watch the meal preparation, but why would they do that if they don’t think ahead and realize someday they’re going to have to do it themselves?
There’s a hazard in taking care of a problem too completely and too seamlessly, especially if you might someday stop. The American government is not what most people would call complete and seamless, but it has managed to let people not really pay attention to how it works most of the time.
Chief Bob’s hearings are in your neighborhood, involve your neighbors, and you’re expected to go and watch the proceedings because everyone else is. I’m not saying that’s better overall- policy debates are not onesided.