The Sy Hersh effect: killing the messenger, ignoring the message

Human action involves people engaging in unique events in which outcomes often are uncertain, when expertise and planning often do not give us the results we anticipate.

"Save Every Drop Of Fuel": South Korea Tells Citizens To Conserve, Ride Public Transit Amid Energy Shock The Gulf energy shock is now hitting Asian economies with full force. In Seoul, President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday urged citizens to "save every drop of fuel," a new sign policymakers are moving quickly into crisis mode as the U.S.-Iran conflict raises the risk of nasty fuel shortages across some of Asia's most energy- and Hormuz-dependent economies. Lee told lawmakers in a parliamentary address about the urgent need to conserve fuel. He warned that...

Liberal MP Labels X A "Massive Problem" For Allowing Brits To Criticize Mass Immigration Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A British Liberal Democrat MP has openly admitted what the political class really fears about Elon Musk’s X: it lets ordinary Britons speak freely about the disaster of mass immigration. In a clip that exploded across the platform on Monday, Cheltenham MP Max Wilkinson described X as a “massive problem” precisely because it gives critics of unchecked migration a voice. “It’s a really easy [way] to get some content out about how you think...