La campagne électorale fédérale est à peine commencée qu’on nous propose déjà sondages et savantes analyses — et on en a pour trois mois comme ça…
Alors, j’essaie de sortir un peu des sentiers battus pour essayer renouveler la réflexion. Dans cet esprit, je retiens deux textes pour aujourd’hui.
Un premier, très court, qui nous invite à réfléchir la société en s’inspirant de la magie du four autonettoyant (!):
Self cleaning | Seth Godin | 3 Août 2015
«…it takes care of itself, an ongoing cycle of productivity. […] Instead of waiting for things to degrade or even to break, we build in a cycle of honesty, a tradition of check-ins. […] The interstate highway system will continue to degrade until it falls apart, because infrastructure funding and repair wasn’t built into it from the start. […] It’s neither obvious nor easy to build a system that’s self cleaning. It requires addressing problems before they show up.»
Et un autre, plus long (et plus sérieux) qui suggère de remplacer les éternels débats électoraux par des simulations de situations de crise — pour voir ce que les candidats à une élection ont véritablement dans le ventre.
Want to be president? Show us how you’d handle a disaster | The Washington Post | 30 juillet 2015
«Every election year, our potential commanders in chief spend hours — days, really — preparing for the debates. They practice their comebacks and refine their zingers. […] All of which will be very boring and will tell us very little about the kind of leaders they would actually be. […] Instead, let’s have our aspirants try out for president by putting them in charge of a simulated crisis […] How would the candidates think through their options? How would they react? And wouldn’t we gain more insight by examining their responses…»
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