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Learning from history is cheap And worth…

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“Learning from history is cheap. And worth it.


“What are the five best decisions your competitor or your predecessor made last year?


“Not only because they worked, but because they showed you a new way of thinking, something that went against your instincts or biases…


“Every political candidate ought to be able to outline the five lessons learned from the men and women who came before–especially the positive things they’ve learned from those in other parties. Those unwilling or unable to do so are either demagogues or ignorant.


“…The number one thing to steal from your competitors: Wisdom.”

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2016/01/the-five-top-things.html

My sense is that what we have…

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“My sense is that what we have here is a feedback loop. Does media attention increase a candidate’s standing in the polls? Yes. Does a candidate’s standing in the polls increase media attention? Also yes.


“And everything else which sways both journalists and voters in the same direction just increases the correlation. The media and the public and the candidates are embedded in a system where every part affects every other.”

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/01/how-much-influence-does-the-media-really-have-over-elections-digging-into-the-data