When you make legal training the default training for political career, you make legal thinking the default thinking in politics. And legal thinking centers around statutory language and commitment to process, not results and outcomes. Olsen predicted that a thriving, successful society would be more complex to navigate over time. There would be more groups and voices and laws and processes. Those who succeeded would be those best suited to operating at the nexus of that complexity. In the economy, that might be management consultants and financiers. In politics, it'll be lawyers. There's nothing wrong with lawyers. There might be something wrong with the country or political system that needs so many of them and that makes them so central to their operations.
Joel Christiansen
Updated: March 31, 2025
Hey, I'm Joel. I'm a software developer based in Bellingham, Washington USA. This is my personal website, which I use to stash snippets I found inspiring or insightful, new-ish albums that spoke to me, and some short personal notes.
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Klein/Thompson: Default Training, Default Thinking
Saved: March 31, 2025