It is delightful how everyone seems to think that the President runs the country. I suppose they thought their father ran the household, too, or that the Pope handles the millions of Christians.. The President can't cover it all so he has a bunch of people as advisers. As soon as we have more than one person making decisions, we know we are being run by a committee. (I've always known God has to be a committee because of the hot and cold explanations of that for which God is credited.)
It should follow that more great minds are looking at the problems by committee, but those of us who are used to working with committees know that isn't the way it actually works. The great Think Tanks of our country are usually pretty insular in the beliefs, conclusions, and biases. Oddly, their conclusions can be pretty pre-determined. Getting a lot of people together who think the same way is not going to bring about new insights. It explains why Republicans watch Fox News and Democrats watch MSNBC.
It does make me wonder why we have so few real leaders while we have so many followers. Do you?
We also know (sort of like a Murphy's Law) that the more people working on a solution grows the problem exponentially before its solution.. Smart people are prone to think their solution is it so often a power struggle eveolves rather than allowing the focus to remain on the problem trying to be solved.
Changing the subject has developed into a real specialty for lots of people and professions. It is the greatest tool for those of us who do not wish to continue on a topic. Just watch the major network talking heads...they do it all the time as do their guests. They work so tightly produced down to the seconds they can talk so it is rare the listener is left with an understanding as to whether questions were answered or not.
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