It would be interesting to apply the same style of analysis to Hollywood examples of humans who recommend good or bad policies. Is the idea of someone thinking through a policy question in great detail for years and then making a recommendation that either works or doesn’t work so alien that they must instead posit some simple emotional variation on an ordinary person who hasn’t studied a problem in detail for years?
It would be interesting to apply the same style of analysis to Hollywood examples of humans who recommend good or bad policies. Is the idea of someone thinking through a policy question in great detail for years and then making a recommendation that either works or doesn’t work so alien that they must instead posit some simple emotional variation on an ordinary person who hasn’t studied a problem in detail for years?