Apart from the 'this was one of K-Rudd's babies' suggestion, I'd speculate:
If you're a government, you may well become so inured to people shouting "UR DOIN IT WRONG! U SUCK!" as to be effectively deaf to it, just so you can continue to do anything at all. This is obviously a Bad Thing.
I see this being a risk for Obama down the road as much as it has been for Rudd so far: If you take power on a wave of worshipful hysteria, say because you ousted some total asshole, it is way too easy to believe your own hype. No matter how good your intentions are to start with, they become destructive when you stop listening to feedback because you know you're right.
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This Is Wrong, It Will Not Work, Don't Do This
Date: 2009-03-02 10:45 pm (UTC)If you're a government, you may well become so inured to people shouting "UR DOIN IT WRONG! U SUCK!" as to be effectively deaf to it, just so you can continue to do anything at all. This is obviously a Bad Thing.
I see this being a risk for Obama down the road as much as it has been for Rudd so far: If you take power on a wave of worshipful hysteria, say because you ousted some total asshole, it is way too easy to believe your own hype. No matter how good your intentions are to start with, they become destructive when you stop listening to feedback because you know you're right.