In theory, the guardrail against telling untruths is that you are less likely to be believed next time. It's why 'charisma' is powerful and horribly dangerous in politics- it helps you… (View Post)

He called it debating, anyway. A couple of analogies of why that's not entirely right. (This isn't mine, but I can't find the link right now to credit it.) He was a standup comic worki… (View Post)

Eerily familiar. Couple that with the Top Professional Services skill of 'providing a fat analysis of why your terrible idea is brilliant, especially if you tweak it like this', and she… (View Post)

And there's an elegant debate club game here as well. Many of the things Kirk said were, written down in isolation, debatable. A lot of the repulsiveness of his stated views comes from them all … (View Post)

How much of that is because Metro Mayor is an easier job, so it's easier to look good doing it? (It's why stealthily not-quite forcing Mayors on everywhere, and giving them a decent wodge o… (View Post)