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It Takes Three to Tango
Systems-Level Reset and Net Positive Advocacy
Whenever I run into a problem I can’t solve, I always make it bigger.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States
When India was under British rule, the colonial government was concerned about the number of snakes in Delhi, so it offered a bounty for dead cobras. The program seemed to work, and dead snakes poured in, but the number in the street didn’t go down—people were breeding cobras to make money. When the government stopped paying, the breeders released all of their snakes, greatly increasing the numbers in the streets.
It’s possible this story of unintended consequences is a myth, but it demonstrates in a simple way that the more complicated the ...
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