If we have a system that condones unfitness, recruits for more unfitness, and rewards unfitness in top positions, are we surprised at our societal decline? One characteristic of unfitness is that, once we give it power, it is very difficult to get it back.
I see two solutions to this:
1. Either we prosecute and set limits from the outside;
2. Or we screen and prevent at the outset.
1. Either we prosecute and set limits from the outside;
2. Or we screen and prevent at the outset.
Yes, we should do both and not give up.
(Before my colleague and I wrote our report on Rikers Island, people said reform would be impossible. Our report brought in the federal investigators, and they took our most extreme recommendation: tearing it down.)
(Before my colleague and I wrote our report on Rikers Island, people said reform would be impossible. Our report brought in the federal investigators, and they took our most extreme recommendation: tearing it down.)
For comparison:
1. The first is slow, costly, and indicts a small percentage at a time;
2. The second is quick, cheap, and would rule out nearly all major unfitness, before calamities happen.
Both should happen simultaneously. But the more of latter, the less need for former.
1. The first is slow, costly, and indicts a small percentage at a time;
2. The second is quick, cheap, and would rule out nearly all major unfitness, before calamities happen.
Both should happen simultaneously. But the more of latter, the less need for former.
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