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The purpose of government is to produce beneficial change


One of our central concerns in this podcast is why government is so ineffective - why don't governments work? And while many roads have led to preferential lobbying, there is arguably a deeper, darker reason even than that: aimlessness. The result? Bureaucracy, shiftlessness, the famous treacle that blinds and obstructs us in our endeavours. But institutions - and individuals - are capable of great things, if they act in concert - which is to say, if they act with a sense of purpose.


What is the point of government? How do we fit into this as individuals? This principle may seem self-evident, but as we find out, it certainly requires to be reiterated.


Talking points:


It's not as simple as it looks


Hobbs and the pessimistic view


How do we fit into this?


Orchestrating change


Needs and myths of leadership


Clarity, purpose and mud


Beneficial change


Without purpose, there are various phenomena that present themselves


Privileging rules over purpose


What the purpose becomes in the absence purpose


Publicity, personal power, ideology, peers groups


Maturity and government


Breaking the inheritance


It worked for Germany and Japan post WWII


Cybernetic governance


Modelling beneficial change


Links:


Sasha Swire - British government is amateur (Guardian review)

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/20/sasha-swire-british-politics-is-totally-amateur-thats-why-its-so-sexy-and-toxic


Robert Cialdini - Influence

https://www.theguardian.com/business-to-business/2018/mar/09/how-to-persuade-people-hint-not-by-telling-them-theyre-stupid



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The purpose of government is to produce beneficial change


One of our central concerns in this podcast is why government is so ineffective - why don't governments work? And while many roads have led to preferential lobbying, there is arguably a deeper, darker reason even than that: aimlessness. The result? Bureaucracy, shiftlessness, the famous treacle that blinds and obstructs us in our endeavours. But institutions - and individuals - are capable of great things, if they act in concert - which is to say, if they act with a sense of purpose.


What is the point of government? How do we fit into this as individuals? This principle may seem self-evident, but as we find out, it certainly requires to be reiterated.


Talking points:


It's not as simple as it looks


Hobbs and the pessimistic view


How do we fit into this?


Orchestrating change


Needs and myths of leadership


Clarity, purpose and mud


Beneficial change


Without purpose, there are various phenomena that present themselves


Privileging rules over purpose


What the purpose becomes in the absence purpose


Publicity, personal power, ideology, peers groups


Maturity and government


Breaking the inheritance


It worked for Germany and Japan post WWII


Cybernetic governance


Modelling beneficial change


Links:


Sasha Swire - British government is amateur (Guardian review)

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/20/sasha-swire-british-politics-is-totally-amateur-thats-why-its-so-sexy-and-toxic


Robert Cialdini - Influence

https://www.theguardian.com/business-to-business/2018/mar/09/how-to-persuade-people-hint-not-by-telling-them-theyre-stupid



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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