Serendipity in Political Life
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Darwin College Lecture Series 2008
"Serendipity in Political Life" by Oliver Letwin |
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| Created: | 2008-10-09 17:33 |
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| Collection: | Serendipity – Darwin College Lecture Series 2008 |
| Publisher: | Darwin College |
| Copyright: | Darwin College |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Abstract: | Politics is a conjuncture of ideas, external realities and public mood – the Cleopatra’s nose theory is therefore a correct description of a lot of what happens – most of the chance occurrences are unfortunate – but serendipity does occur – the interesting question is whether politicians themselves have any capacity to increase the likelihood of serendipitous occurrences – my answer is that they do, but exclusively by changing the ideas that cause the moods. |
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