Sunday, December 29, 2024

Getting Off The X - by Michael Smith - Unlicensed Punditry

America has been stuck in a Carter era malaise as other countries gained on us. 
Time for the return of American Dynamism. 
I'm glad we're engaging in a robust debate about H1-B visas, whether to increase or decrease them. 
While some of the more nationalist "America is for Americans" sentiments on social media seem to be pushed by "Trump supporters" who are actually Democrats or Never Trumpers, all feedback, even the negative, must be considered to reach the best possible decision. 
We cannot ignore challenging or unpopular opinions simply because they are difficult or go against the grain.
Thomas Sowell, a brilliant and often overlooked public intellectual, once noted:
  • "Today, despite free speech and the mass media, the prevailing social vision is dangerously close to sealing itself off from any discordant feedback from reality."
Feedback loops are crucial in systems and in human learning. 
They allow systems to adjust and improve by using the output as new input...
  • The 109-day, $1.5 billion presidential campaign of Kamala Harris was a stark example of evasion and denial, built on propaganda that she held power but was responsible for nothing...
America has been stuck in second gear for almost 25 years.
  • The real harm to our sociopolitical system occurs when negative outcomes are dismissed, and propaganda is employed to mask the ineffectiveness of policies...

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