Finished my submission. I think the quality of the lowest common denominator elite hasn't kept up with our increasing demand for a higher fraction of the population to be elites. That's nonlinearly decreased elite functioning.
You’re asking how America can get better at solving problems, but your model avoids doing any thinking or taking any responsibility. Ideas are crowdsourced, writers/innovators take all the risk on their own platforms, and the Institute steps in only to decide what gets through the gate. That isn’t problem-solving, it’s gatekeeping.
I can't wait to be politely declined!
We can forward the rejection letter preemptively if that would help.
This is the kind of dad humor that I'm here for.
😭 we genuinely loved your proposal
All jokes!
Oh this is going to be so much fun. I'm already running through a structure and idea in my head. Really excited to see what everyone comes up with!
Extremely excited to read it! If you ever want a thought partner feel free to reach out to me :)
https://nohotttakes.substack.com/p/boyd-institute-submission-the-insulation
Just posted. Let's do this.
I have started on a Very Serious proposal (tm) https://open.substack.com/pub/westofthewest/p/monkey-pulls-the-sacred-plow?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
One idea I have is to attack and defund the universities and fire thousands of qualified experts from the bureaucracy. Surely nothing will go wrong
The U.S. doesn’t lack ideas.
It lacks mechanisms that reliably convert decisions into outcomes.
That feels like the real bottleneck.
Just posted mine. :)
https://lancelotfinn.substack.com/p/the-ethos-of-chivalry
Finished my submission. I think the quality of the lowest common denominator elite hasn't kept up with our increasing demand for a higher fraction of the population to be elites. That's nonlinearly decreased elite functioning.
https://rdoctor.substack.com/p/elites-are-like-fissile-material
https://scriptor.substack.com/p/to-improve-americas-problem-solving
Enjoy.
Why a "post-Boomer" world? How does that connect to Boyd's thought?
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"
-Shakespeare
https://substack.com/@stevenberger/note/c-204262854?r=1nm0v2&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
You’re asking how America can get better at solving problems, but your model avoids doing any thinking or taking any responsibility. Ideas are crowdsourced, writers/innovators take all the risk on their own platforms, and the Institute steps in only to decide what gets through the gate. That isn’t problem-solving, it’s gatekeeping.