The Classic Solution to Demoralization
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It's coming for all of us.
Buttons pop off your expensive new shirt after only a month of use. A piece of hull flies off an airplane in mid air, leaving a gaping hole next to passengers. Navy ships crash due to unforced errors; people die. The hospital nurse forgets to bring your grandmother her medicine at the scheduled time: "Hah! silly me..." It's easy to feel like you are living through an Ayn Rand novel sometimes. "Why don't things work like they used to?" Many people believe we are seeing the early signs of a "competence crisis". Perhaps "diversity hires" are to blame? Another way to put it is, the leaders of…
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