This reminds me of the Presidential Daily Briefing that got so famous around 9/11. They say Trump didn't read these, that the agency-heads turned the summaries into colorful pie-charts and cartoons to to grad his attention. Separating the wheat from the chaff is hard. It is always a political process, advocates of different directions pulling each way. Focusing on one thing and not another can often a strong factor that changes the environment - we aren't always just reacting to facts or digging out the subtle hints of a future coming at us from the "outside."
Yes! A part that I later realized through discussions with other people is that there is also message "shaping" that takes place. Which I think is more like commentary at each step saying "I don't think this is an issue but this really is!"
This reminds me of the Presidential Daily Briefing that got so famous around 9/11. They say Trump didn't read these, that the agency-heads turned the summaries into colorful pie-charts and cartoons to to grad his attention. Separating the wheat from the chaff is hard. It is always a political process, advocates of different directions pulling each way. Focusing on one thing and not another can often a strong factor that changes the environment - we aren't always just reacting to facts or digging out the subtle hints of a future coming at us from the "outside."
Yes! A part that I later realized through discussions with other people is that there is also message "shaping" that takes place. Which I think is more like commentary at each step saying "I don't think this is an issue but this really is!"