Try Common Sense
Try Common Sense by Philip K. Howard is a 2019 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker Philip K. Howard, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Four ways to fix a broken legal system" (2010), 807K views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 9 years after the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 2nd of 2 books by Philip K. Howard on Books Worth Reading (1782–2019), by publication year.
- Edition: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019 · 160 pages
The paired TED talk
Four ways to fix a broken legal system (2010), the TED talk by Philip K. Howard.
From the publisher
In this brief and powerful book, Philip K. Howard attacks the failed ideologies of both parties and proposes a radical simplification of government to re-empower Americans in their daily choices.
In this brief and powerful book, Philip K. Howard attacks the failed ideologies of both parties and proposes a radical simplification of government to re-empower Americans in their daily choices. Nothing will make sense until people are free to roll up their sleeves and make things work. The first steps are to abandon the philosophy of correctness and insistence on mindless compliance. Americans are a practical people. They want government to be practical. Washington can't do anything practically. Worse, its bureaucracy prevents Americans from doing what's sensible. Conservative bluster won't fix this problem. Liberal hand-wringing won't work either. Frustrated voters reach for extremist leaders, but they too get bogged down in the bureaucracy that has accumulated over the past century. Howard shows how America can push the reset button and create simpler frameworks focused on public goals where officials-prepare for the shock--are actually accountable for getting the job done.
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