navierstokes

When you know you're going to be alone and homeless, it's really hard to find the strength to keep on living. What's the point?

A lesson they teach in $IVY_LEAGUE, "you all know whistle blowers don't end up well." Direct quote from $INFLUENTIAL_DUDE in response to $PUBLIC_THING.

Trust your gut. When it says leave, leave. Even if others encourage the opposite. Even if your extended family depends on your income.

Make the effort to build and maintain a strong social circle. Filter for integrity. Assiduously avoid those who distort truth for personal advantage.

I'm very sorry I gave you that impression.

When Jamie Dimon discussed the warm relationship between Obama officials and tech in a public speech at Stanford, I assumed it was (1) common knowledge and (2) socially acceptable to discuss in public.

I think the current administration has made excellent personnel choices in the regulatory agencies. I am hopeful for the future.

But I don't think I "called out" anyone. I understand that expression to mean "seeking to direct reflexive mob anger toward a specific individual". It's the practice that's troubling, not the people.

I actually believe that most of the people engaged in this practice (revolving door) have impeccable moral character.

This is different from lobbying.

How would you feel if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission soft-balled Mr. Burns, then one of its commissioners jumped ship to work at Springfield Nuclear?

Even if that commissioner was an enlightened patrician of high moral character, it would create the appearance of corruption. And that alone is corrosive to the rule of law.

People with less integrity, people downstream in industry, might interpret that as a signal that regulators are a joke. They may go on television and say things like "I don't respect the Nuclear Regulatory Commission."

You left out "after you get big, hire a senior regulator from the Obama era to leverage personal connections in Washington."

It's so depressing. It's probably better to not know how this stuff works.