I like David Deutsch's idea of an effective form of government too: how easy is it to eject the current one and try something new? Then, if we must be subordina

I like David Deutsch's idea of an effective form of government too: how easy is it to eject the current one and try something new? Then, if we must be subordinate to the idea that we're just making small changes, aking to "the art of the next best" that you quote, at least we make it easy to displace bad ideas and try something else. I think one way of ensuring no bad forms of government entrench themselves, thus making it impractically difficult to ever even try that next best thing, is to be vigilant when it comes to all of this. Am I expecting zero gossip? Of course not. But do I think the opportunity of a massive email leak that exposes behavior that is, at minimum, inexcusably unprofessional, should go by without trumpets blaring? Absolutely not.