Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Don't worship the angels , respect the creation
We are are taught ( in the vestiges of Jewish Christian tradition that surrounds us) that we " all made in the image of God; Our society works best when we respect that and dont venerate people in power .
There are times in our society when people in power or position are seen to have power they don't have .When the difference between image and reality is great , one or other party should get nervous . ( see HCandersons story) We are talking here especially about the power that comes with knowledge and wisdom - leaders are often relectant to admit they don't know. Its worse when we think we know when we don't ---- let alone Who to ask .Leaders are supposeed to know and not supposed to amit they don't know ( lucky they read blogs eh!) The best Q for us is always this one, but don't be surprised if an angel worshiper doesn't ask you - they don't.
Tony Jones qanda this week asked the totally unworshipful chief scientist of CSIRO to " come back sometime "but he doesn't do that for people and scientists he disagrees with ( panels mostly polys ) .Point is Tony Jones had missed the obvious - does "rising to the top" mean anything but lightness of touch in some circles ; Chubb was certainly light on last night .
The favourite out for such ignorant gate door control agents is : " gotta move on " when they could ask " more next time " or "follow up here" based on listener survey for eg or as Tony said "come again here " ( the proper job of a reporter is to point to more information MI sources )
Those of us who have tasted the power of politics, technology and sustainable investment influence observe that when the job of public policy is poorly framed ( into the impossible stakes )you often get people who shouldn't be in leadership .Ignornat people moving where angels fear to tread . After all, those of us who really know what's really happening and how things work ( would set a reasonable and workable framework )know that political drivers ( often predjudice, quick fix and desperation ) are often anything but workable ( even quickfix leads to election PTL ). Good leaders know who to trust - bad leaders think they know who those persons/ that person is/ are .
For many of us watching now -its watching mere confidence men moving where angels fear to tread.
This post will be true 10 years from now and 100 years from now
There are times in our society when people in power or position are seen to have power they don't have .When the difference between image and reality is great , one or other party should get nervous . ( see HCandersons story) We are talking here especially about the power that comes with knowledge and wisdom - leaders are often relectant to admit they don't know. Its worse when we think we know when we don't ---- let alone Who to ask .Leaders are supposeed to know and not supposed to amit they don't know ( lucky they read blogs eh!) The best Q for us is always this one, but don't be surprised if an angel worshiper doesn't ask you - they don't.
Tony Jones qanda this week asked the totally unworshipful chief scientist of CSIRO to " come back sometime "but he doesn't do that for people and scientists he disagrees with ( panels mostly polys ) .Point is Tony Jones had missed the obvious - does "rising to the top" mean anything but lightness of touch in some circles ; Chubb was certainly light on last night .
The favourite out for such ignorant gate door control agents is : " gotta move on " when they could ask " more next time " or "follow up here" based on listener survey for eg or as Tony said "come again here " ( the proper job of a reporter is to point to more information MI sources )
Those of us who have tasted the power of politics, technology and sustainable investment influence observe that when the job of public policy is poorly framed ( into the impossible stakes )you often get people who shouldn't be in leadership .Ignornat people moving where angels fear to tread . After all, those of us who really know what's really happening and how things work ( would set a reasonable and workable framework )know that political drivers ( often predjudice, quick fix and desperation ) are often anything but workable ( even quickfix leads to election PTL ). Good leaders know who to trust - bad leaders think they know who those persons/ that person is/ are .
For many of us watching now -its watching mere confidence men moving where angels fear to tread.
This post will be true 10 years from now and 100 years from now
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