is this a case where many decision makers were kept in the dark, or where one key decision maker—Biden himself—was kept in the dark about his political chances by his inner circle?
Mass epistemic failure seems a lot less plausible to me than what amounts to a case of epistemic elder abuse.
Biden’s inner circle seemed to have conspired to keep many people (other senior party officials, members of Congress, Republican Party members, the media, the public, leaders of foreign states) in the dark about Biden’s condition. How involved Biden was in that, or how self-aware he was of his own deterioration, seems a bit unclear. The book describes extensive measures taken to make Biden seem more competent than he was to a vast array of different audiences.
Theranos was a conspiracy, but in the two chapters of Original Sin I’ve read so far, it seems to be describing a presidential campaign that went badly awry. It’s very interesting and maybe more important to understand, precisely because it’s much more normal. I’m just not sure I’d use the term “conspiracy“ to describe what I’ve listened to so far.
Sure they tried, but the question is whether they succeeded in keeping key decision makers in the dark, right? There was a large contingent of media that showed frequent mishaps of Biden and seemed convinced of his cognitive decline, so the info was out there and it is plausible that Biden’s inner circle failed to deceive key decision makers ( I have not read the book)
is this a case where many decision makers were kept in the dark, or where one key decision maker—Biden himself—was kept in the dark about his political chances by his inner circle?
Mass epistemic failure seems a lot less plausible to me than what amounts to a case of epistemic elder abuse.
Biden’s inner circle seemed to have conspired to keep many people (other senior party officials, members of Congress, Republican Party members, the media, the public, leaders of foreign states) in the dark about Biden’s condition. How involved Biden was in that, or how self-aware he was of his own deterioration, seems a bit unclear. The book describes extensive measures taken to make Biden seem more competent than he was to a vast array of different audiences.
Theranos was a conspiracy, but in the two chapters of Original Sin I’ve read so far, it seems to be describing a presidential campaign that went badly awry. It’s very interesting and maybe more important to understand, precisely because it’s much more normal. I’m just not sure I’d use the term “conspiracy“ to describe what I’ve listened to so far.
Sure they tried, but the question is whether they succeeded in keeping key decision makers in the dark, right? There was a large contingent of media that showed frequent mishaps of Biden and seemed convinced of his cognitive decline, so the info was out there and it is plausible that Biden’s inner circle failed to deceive key decision makers ( I have not read the book)