In defense of Peak Woke, I think the steelmanned version was that most normie wokesters just wanted there not to be absurdly arbitrary enforcement of absurdly arbitrary laws.
The thing about unoriginal ideas is that they have already failed to get through the political system and become policy. (If they had gotten through the political system then politicians wouldn't need to be proposing them.) For an unoriginal idea to become law, either the situation has to drastically change so the you can now get previously unobtainable stakeholders on board (like a Great Recession), or it's at the tail end of a long, long, slow boring effort to convince everyone (YIMBYism would be an example of this).
I think the reason politicians are looking for new ideas isn't so much a desire to be novel for its own sake as it is that a great solution that can't get moved through the political system is not a great solution. With new ideas, maybe they'll turn out to be more popular and more possible to get passed. A less-good policy that is enacted is better than a more-good policy that is not enacted.
So to turn to the "preparing for the AI job apocalypse" example, job-matching programs and wealth funds are great ideas, but they're great ideas that aren't happening right now. If there's an actual job apocalypse maybe they can be made to happen, but not before then. Whereas job guarantees might be a worse idea, but maybe it's a worse idea that will catch fire and be popular enough to get passed.
In defense of Peak Woke, I think the steelmanned version was that most normie wokesters just wanted there not to be absurdly arbitrary enforcement of absurdly arbitrary laws.
The thing about unoriginal ideas is that they have already failed to get through the political system and become policy. (If they had gotten through the political system then politicians wouldn't need to be proposing them.) For an unoriginal idea to become law, either the situation has to drastically change so the you can now get previously unobtainable stakeholders on board (like a Great Recession), or it's at the tail end of a long, long, slow boring effort to convince everyone (YIMBYism would be an example of this).
I think the reason politicians are looking for new ideas isn't so much a desire to be novel for its own sake as it is that a great solution that can't get moved through the political system is not a great solution. With new ideas, maybe they'll turn out to be more popular and more possible to get passed. A less-good policy that is enacted is better than a more-good policy that is not enacted.
So to turn to the "preparing for the AI job apocalypse" example, job-matching programs and wealth funds are great ideas, but they're great ideas that aren't happening right now. If there's an actual job apocalypse maybe they can be made to happen, but not before then. Whereas job guarantees might be a worse idea, but maybe it's a worse idea that will catch fire and be popular enough to get passed.
Is Laguna Beach about to take over LA!? I like Mahan and wish it wasn’t going to be Steyer? Red Wave coming for Cali!? :(
Disappointed in Calláis and Virginia need some hopium