I have written a new blog post "Trump's executive functioning"
Larry Hirschhorn
I have written a new blog post titled, “Trump’s style of executive functioning.” In this post I explore President Donald Trump’s style of executive functioning. The post’s purpose is not partisan, for example to make the case for why he should or should not be re-elected. Instead, I use the very public record of his performance to explore how his strengths and limitations dovetail with the challenges every executive of a major institution faces. In this spirit I explore the role that his extraversion plays in his decision making, the impact his concrete thinking style has on his understanding of institutions, and the link between his emotions and decisions. Exploring the general relationship between big ideas and executive coalitions, I suggest that Trump lacks such ideas, limiting his capacity to govern and to advance the U.S. in the world. In addition, I propose that there has been high turnover in his administration because he lacks just such ideas. I also explore the quality of his “twin-ship” with his strongest supporters and the way in which they identify vicariously with his freedom of constraint. This is the basis for his charisma and his hold on the Republican Party. I conclude with the thought that were he more rooted in history and culture he could overcome the limitations associated with this concrete thinking. But since he is not, he more likely to be a successful campaigner than a successful president.
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Bateson also viewed that all three systems of the individual, society and ecosystem were all together a part of one supreme cybernetic system that controls everything instead of just interacting systems.[31] This supreme cybernetic system is beyond the self of the individual and could be equated to what many people refer to as God, though Bateson referred to it as Mind.[31] While Mind is a cybernetic system, it can only be distinguished as a whole and not parts. Bateson felt Mind was immanent in the messages and pathways of the supreme cybernetic system. He saw the root of system collapses as a result of Occidental or Western epistemology. According to Bateson, consciousness is the bridge between the cybernetic networks of individual, society and ecology and the mismatch between the systems due to improper understanding will result in the degradation of the entire supreme cybernetic system or Mind. Bateson thought that consciousness as developed through Occidental epistemology was at direct odds with Mind.[31]
At the heart of the matter is scientific hubris. Bateson argues that Occidental epistemology perpetuates a system of understanding which is purpose or means-to-an-end driven.[31] Purpose controls attention and narrows perception, thus limiting what comes into consciousness and therefore limiting the amount of wisdom that can be generated from the perce