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+1 -> "our ancestor chiefs understood bows, horses, and agriculture, our contemporary chiefs (and those in the media responsible for scrutiny) generally do not understand their equivalents, and are often less experienced in managing complex organisations than their predecessors"
+100 -> "We do not have a problem with ‘too much cynicism’ - we
have a problem with too much trust in people and institutions that are not fit to control so much."
+∞ -> "Most politicians, officials, and advisers operate with fragments of philosophy, little knowledge of maths or science and little experience in well-managed complex organisations."
I haven't yet seen the Dominic Cummings movie, but given the howls of anguish coming from the establishment ... I can only assume it was on top form at exposing just how hopeless, arrogant, wilfully ignorant and dreadfully narrow minded the "educated elite" truly are.
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