Alex Psmith on Nostr: It's like this: 1. Experts make recommendations. 2. Policymakers ignore experts, do ...

It's like this:

1. Experts make recommendations.
2. Policymakers ignore experts, do whatever they want.
3. Everything goes wrong.
4. Policymakers blame experts.
5. Public distrusts experts.
6. No one wants to work in a job where they're distrusted, so experts find other lines of work.
7. Sycophants and hacks replace experts.
8. Policymakers listen to them.
9. Everything goes wrong.
10. Real experts needed again.
11. Experts make recommendations...