In
a recent article, Professor Kathleen Vohls claimed that messy rooms promote
creativity (psychologicalscience.org).
Einstein’s desk was messy. So was Steve Job’s. Well, maybe that works
for scientists and techies, but if you are in politics you’d better clean
house. Optics count in government.
Consider
Snowden’s revelation that governments spy. I’m shocked, shocked. And even if
you think, like National Intelligence Director James Clapper, that spying is
Diplomacy 101, you still need to express shock, at least in front of voters. It
looks better than shrugging your shoulders.
Yes,
friends, looks count in politics.
Why
did the Canadian Liberals choose young Trudeau as their leader? Not for his
brains, which are luckily invisible. They chose him because his optics are
good. He has wavier hair than any Canadian prime minister in recent memory. His
chin is cleaner than NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s. His smile is whiter than
Prime Minister Harper’s.
But
Thank Goodness It's Halloween, the great equalizer, and everyone can be as ugly as they
want and still get a treat.
Tomorrow
it’s back to tricks only.
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