@CaloNord This whole thread puts me in mind of Winston Churchill's quote, "It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government apart from all those other forms that have been tried f… (View Post)

It was pretty ridiculous when members of the intelligence oversight committees in both the US and UK admitted the first time they'd heard details of NSA/GCHQ large-scale online surveillence was from … (View Post)

@Squire‌ has a good point about the difference in aims between private and public running of organisations. In many cases there's an uneasy halfway zone between the two, as with the public transport … (View Post)

One thing that could help politics but doesn't seem to be much used is "Evidence-Based Decision Making". It gets used a lot in scientific, medical and business projects but doesn't seem to … (View Post)

That works for pretty much any sentient being. (View Post)