Welcome to the Essay Meta - by David Kasten
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Hi, So here are some things I’ve been thinking about this week.
There are many honorable paths to getting ideas heard in the corridors of power in Washington. Most involve access, or relationships, or simply physical presence in the DC metropolitan area. One does not: everyone in Washington has the Same Internet on their phones as you do on yours. You alone, or with friends, can quickly write an authoritatively influential policy paper before most bureaucracies can get their boots on, and get it in front of the eyeballs of effectively everyone who needs to read it with a significant-but-achieveable amount of effort. You should probably do this. One of…
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