No mistakes, no errors, no risk implies no value People who have never made a mistake have never taken a risk. Do we want such folks to govern the country? Your answer is no, I hope. But with vast data silos, data lakes, and soon data oceans, anyone’s past mistakes will be documented and available at cost. From cheating in the 4 th grade, to groping in the 10 th , to claiming unusual heritage in the 12 th , to being charged with drinking in college, to an advantaged business deal in their 20s, only a few years remain before a full online biography of everyone is accessible – and publishable. We may get what we think we want: purely clean, unspoiled, untested, unknowledged, and unable representatives in our legislatures. Lucky us.
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