“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do,” James Donald said.
Redundancy and resiliency is what you want in government (actually most systems involving humans)—not efficiency.
We need robust service that can continue to provide service even when parts of it fail. That’s worth paying for.
Even with something like an F1 car where engineers are keenly aware of efficiency, efficiency isn’t holy above all else. If it was, you wouldn’t care about the pilot’s safely, engines blowing themselves up when slightly out of spec, or the ability to race in all the races of the season—all you’d care about is speed.
