In science or art bad ideas have no downside, so we judge talent at its best. But in policy bad ideas have disproportionate downside.
Yet policy exploration is an important job. Unless you think that someone posting something on a blog is going to change policy without anyone double-checking it first, we should encourage suggestion of radically new policies.
In science or art bad ideas have no downside, so we judge talent at its best. But in policy bad ideas have disproportionate downside.
Yet policy exploration is an important job. Unless you think that someone posting something on a blog is going to change policy without anyone double-checking it first, we should encourage suggestion of radically new policies.