Economist George Ainslie argues that dragging our heels is “as fundamental as the shape of time and could well be called the basic impulse.”.. In that light, it’s possible to see procrastination as the quintessential modern problem. Read: What we can learn from procrastination (New Yorker)
Afghanistan policy after the McChrystal scandal—The New Yorker:
The military key to counterinsurgency is protection of the population, but the difficulty in securing Marja and the delay of a promised campaign in Kandahar suggest that the majority of Afghan Pashtuns no longer want to be protected by foreign forces. The political goal of counterinsurgency is to strengthen the tie between civilians and their government, but the Afghan state is a shell hollowed out by corruption, and at its center is the erratic figure of President Karzai.
“People often ask why I left the New Yorker. After all, I had a staff writer job. Isn’t that the best job in journalism? Yes.
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“Character chunks”
