Lots of people seemed to like that Hanania article, but it's actually convinced me that he's a deluded ideologue, which was not my opinion of him until now.
He is definitely an ideologue. And he disagrees with me so I booked to think he is deluded. But he gets under my skin a bit too much for me to be confident.
Let me correct the first line of your last paragraph. I'd say "The challenge for each of us individually is to better align "get-ahead" with "understand reality". Indeed, our success as advisers to policy-makers will depend on how good we are in dealing with it."
Lots of people seemed to like that Hanania article, but it's actually convinced me that he's a deluded ideologue, which was not my opinion of him until now.
He is definitely an ideologue. And he disagrees with me so I booked to think he is deluded. But he gets under my skin a bit too much for me to be confident.
Let me correct the first line of your last paragraph. I'd say "The challenge for each of us individually is to better align "get-ahead" with "understand reality". Indeed, our success as advisers to policy-makers will depend on how good we are in dealing with it."