Re: CNN Debate Question (Decision Making) - Some Background!

Hey guys, I just wanted to give some over 30sec background to my most recent question. I was trying to explain in comments and messages, but that was too difficult so I made a video instead.

Those of you paying attention will note that this is my first video where I spoke "off the cuff" with no editing or anything. I'm far too tired for that.

I did forget to mention that I think that even though there is no "right" answer, it really tells a lot about a candidate and how they make important decisions (not to mention how, as legislators, they view their relationship to the public).

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• presidential
• debate
• cnn
• politics
• decision
• making

[DClaudeKatz]

This is maybe my favorite of your videos that I've seen so far. You make a very good point, that neither approach really gives the right results. And the intimacy, the "human" quality of the way the video is presented is really nice. It seems more spontaneous than most of your videos, as if we were just sitting across from you, having a conversation. And I think the tiredness makes you cuter :)

[DClaudeKatz]

Rereading my comment, I realize that the phrase "make a very good point" kind of understates what I was trying to express. I didn't mean it in a cold, debating sense, but more of an "Wow, you're right!" kind of thing.

I don't know why this video didn't get better ratings. It did get favorited a lot, though. I guess it appeals to a particular taste.

[Razela]

It got better ratings than most of my videos. I tend to get low ratings. I usually try to bring up controversial view points to get people talking and thinking. Of course, this means that everyone who doesn't agree gives me one star. If anything I find it funny.

[Razela]

This was pre-blog. Now I would type up an in-depth background for a video. Back then I couldn't do that. This night as I was going to bed I was thinking about how much I wanted to explain exactly where the question had come from. I just kind of turned my camera on and talked. Usually I have it at least a bit planned out.

[DClaudeKatz]

For me at least, the video format is much more effective for giving background, because this is just where the human element comes in: it's not a cold intellectual argument A=>B=>C; it's a discussion of the experiences (admittedly mostly cognitive experiences) that led you to a certain intellectual position.

[Razela]

Although I see your point, it is far easier for me to create a background in a written response, rather than through video. Mostly it has to do with length. This video was over 5 min and I still feel like I barely hit on what I wanted to say. A written response can be far more detail and it allows me a chance for careful editing and citing sources, something that is almost impossible in video format. I guess it kind of depends on what exactly my message is as to which form I use.

[armenianstud]

Very nice! Very nice!

What a slice of heaven! I like.

[vfgjhj]

Stop it, I'm sure she's getting tired of online predators saying that nonsense.

[Fitzman2k]

I really like your posts, you should get your own page. I am your fan!

[Razela]

Yep, but you can use incentives, etc to nudge the market in the right direction. Slight taxes and incentives (only in cases of market failure) tend to be my answer for most everything.

[DClaudeKatz]

"I think that almost every public policy can be solved using economics. That's why I'm a libertarian."

I don't see how that follows. Liberty isn't always economically efficient. There are many externalities that would theoretically require some sort of government intervention, and those result in conflicts between the goal of limiting the role of government and the goal of maximizing social welfare.