Specialists and experts tend to worship a narrow range of details useful only in bureaucracies
One of my many failings as a journalist, as a photojournalist, in global and national public policymaking, in academia, and now in my dream job as a struggling writer, is that by accident or design I never quite made it as a “specialist” or an “expert”. The experts and specialists carry inordinate cachet...
The reports were about an apparently straightforward Chinese merger and acquisition in Europe. My understanding was that the acquisition would provide Chinese business with a stronger foothold in Europe. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but an historically significant thing nonetheless. My suggestion was dismissed. The politician went about his day job and would eventually be moved to an even more influential position.
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