[ProblemFactory]

> The problem is that most in government simply are not systems thinkers.

I don't think the main problem is that "people in the government are stupid". Real life and societies are much more complex than a jet engine. There are thousands of value goals, too many to be able to put numerical targets on each one.

What is the optimal ratio of potholes to unsolved murders?

And when you forget to include any of the value goals in your model, then you get a paperclip AI scenario with terrible effects somewhere else.

[rayiner]

I didn’t say they were stupid. I said they are not systems thinkers. There are lots of very smart people who don’t view the world in terms of cause and effect, cost and benefit, action and reaction. Irrational and harmful, I might say that...