Cass Sunstein = Joseph Goebbels
The only thing worse than stupid individuals making decisions for themselves is bureaucrats making stupid decisions for millions.
At least the stupid person can learn from their mistakes.
The bureaucrat is not affected by his mistakes, and cannot learn.
And, it is anti-freedom to presume anyone else SHOULD make decisions for you.
And lets not forget Sunstein is married to UN Ambassador Samantha (Lets invade Israel) Power.
Just glancing at this excerpt, it appears that these theorists mistake the woeful plight of contemporary humans — for actual human identity.
Yet, the "right, rational choice" appears to be nothing more than those choices which conform to the author's arbitrary value preferences. The whole theory is premised on the assumption that their values are "rational" and any other values are "mistakes".
George Orwell would understand.
Ping!
They’ve taught this for decades: Advertising 101.
This is the philosophy behind the nanny state in a nutshell.
ObamaCare was the opening salvo under these idiots.
ONE of the problems is that those who will be deciding what the “best outcomes are” most likely will have a vested interest, just like the politicians of today. I don’t believe this is anything new socialist educators have been in bed with socialist politicians for a long time.
they need Nudging............
At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
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As if there aren’t already enough control freaks in the Obama administration, now we have a “nudge czar” named Maya Shankar who we’re paying to come up with ways to shape the personal behavior of Americans through her Washington, DC office. Shankar is only in her twenties, but apparently she knows better than the rest of us how we should live our lives, and her job is to nudge us in the right direction.
Maya Shankar is a senior policy advisor at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. Her mandate is to supervise the organization of a federal government ‘nudge squad’ that will subtly change the behaviors of bureaucrats — and the rest of us.
When does a nudge become a shove?
Americans may find out in coming years, as the federal government is setting up a ‘behavioral insights team’ to tinker with the way we accomplish everything from saving money and staying in school to losing weight and becoming more energy-efficient.
Ping for later read.
I miss freedom. A “nudge” does not infringe on my freedom, but the mindset that FedGov should be nudging us for our own good leads to a massive infringement on freedom. We need to aggressively cut FedGov back to its proper scope of responsibilities.
At best, we have until January of 2018 to do that, and it’s possible that we are already too late. We may already be irrevocably in some blend of Brave New World and Big Brother, with an inevitable slide to their final totalitarian dream.
Nobody likes a noodge.
P.S. Look up the Yiddish meaning of the word.
They are definitely correct about irrational behavior, even on the macro level. However, it is wrong to use the police power of the state to ultimately enforce what may be subjective “best” choices. Also, in a free society those that are able to make rational choices will be rewarded, which can steer society in a better direction naturally.
Hey, Cass, I got something you can nudge . . . RIGHT HERE!
Nanny State PING!
Micro-aggressions ?
I must live on a different planet?
My nose has been broken a few times and most of my fingers trying to return the favor.
I was shot once, but that was in RVN.
In my world you better have a thick skin and hard head.
Once, at a meeting, had a guy jump on the table screaming, because some were behind schedule! (he was an attorney, trained to shout?)
No harm, no foul!
When the outcome affects your income/job you might get excited!