After the last decade, I now believe the "everyone is winging it all the time" theory more than ever.
I used to think people in power really had their shit together (CEOs, judges, doctors, politicians, etc.) but it turns out that it's just regular dumbasses everywhere.
Hell, just look at the testimony from the January 6th hearings. These people were running the most powerful organization in human history and they were absolutely batshit stupid. Crazy yes, but also just plain stupid. Totally incapable of assembling a coherent worldview.
Sure there are experts, but they became experts by focusing their energies on their discipline. They don't have time for political machinations. The people _running_ everything are by and large just bullshitting their way to the top.
I used to think people in power really had their shit together (CEOs, judges, doctors, politicians, etc.) but it turns out that it's just regular dumbasses everywhere.
Hell, just look at the testimony from the January 6th hearings. These people were running the most powerful organization in human history and they were absolutely batshit stupid. Crazy yes, but also just plain stupid. Totally incapable of assembling a coherent worldview.
Sure there are experts, but they became experts by focusing their energies on their discipline. They don't have time for political machinations. The people _running_ everything are by and large just bullshitting their way to the top.