Thank you for choosing exuberant, beautiful jazz instead of dreary electronic music. Not everything has to be The Daily or whatever. Great episode, made me subscribe to the podcast. And you covered more ground in a short episode because you let the guest talk, what a concept.
This interview reminded me of a quote Hillary Clinton gave to Ezra Klein in 2016, where she alluded to an old Max Weber essay, saying: "a lot of governing is the slow, hard boring of hard boards.”
What I really appreciate about Clarke's tenure is his focus and modesty. So much of improvement -- systemic or personal - is about sanding down obstacles and finding ways to make things operate more smoothly. Sometimes it requires creative, calculated risks and sometimes it needs people with a laser focus on incremental improvements. He brings both skills to the job.
I hope more people follow his example and I hope even more people grow to appreciate this style of leadership.
This illustrates why public transit systems should have a fare, and that fare should be rigorously enforced. It can be a token fare, far below cost of operating the system, with the system massively subsidized. But if you have any fare, that deters homeless people from riding the system endlessly doing crazy things or panhandling, and criminals from entering the system because it creates a record of their presence there. People will only use the system if they feel safe on it, and a transit system is a way to move people from point A to point B, not a homeless shelter.
Thank you for choosing exuberant, beautiful jazz instead of dreary electronic music. Not everything has to be The Daily or whatever. Great episode, made me subscribe to the podcast. And you covered more ground in a short episode because you let the guest talk, what a concept.
This interview reminded me of a quote Hillary Clinton gave to Ezra Klein in 2016, where she alluded to an old Max Weber essay, saying: "a lot of governing is the slow, hard boring of hard boards.”
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/11/12053146/max-weber-hillary-clinton
What I really appreciate about Clarke's tenure is his focus and modesty. So much of improvement -- systemic or personal - is about sanding down obstacles and finding ways to make things operate more smoothly. Sometimes it requires creative, calculated risks and sometimes it needs people with a laser focus on incremental improvements. He brings both skills to the job.
I hope more people follow his example and I hope even more people grow to appreciate this style of leadership.
The consultant industrial complex is a plague in the DOD in Washington
Silver line expansion to Ashburn was amazing.
This illustrates why public transit systems should have a fare, and that fare should be rigorously enforced. It can be a token fare, far below cost of operating the system, with the system massively subsidized. But if you have any fare, that deters homeless people from riding the system endlessly doing crazy things or panhandling, and criminals from entering the system because it creates a record of their presence there. People will only use the system if they feel safe on it, and a transit system is a way to move people from point A to point B, not a homeless shelter.