”Doing what I have done over the last few years has been learning experience (and not it a good way) about how much of the media (and much of the think-tank community) works. The key thing in both worlds is not being accurate or truthful as much as it is gaining access to power and being seen to be smart. Access and perceived intelligence—usually drastically greater than real intelligence—is the currency of these worlds.”
—Phillips P. OBrien
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-197-anatomy-of-a-con
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