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Tao of Government

Why does government function the way it does? One thing that often stands out is how the authorities in bureaucracies, both leaders and subordinates, easily over-react in silly irrational ways. From a symptom’s point of view, I immediately notice fear as the operative force behind this. To be sure, this applies to most, if not […]

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Jan 22, 2013 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: balance, common-purpose, fate realist, government, hypocrisy, self-interest, trust

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