Complexity vs a villain to blame
…during this election season, think about how much of the debate centered around figuring out who is to blame for each problem. Whose fault is it that the health care system is screwed up? Washington? The insurance companies? The lawyers? We must know! It has to be somebody, dammit. It can’t just be, you know, some kind of complex, chaotic system subject to a billion variables no one understands. To phrase something that way, even if it’s an accident or a natural disaster, feels weird to us. The story needs a villain.
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