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You may be right that at the time there were no better subject matter experts. That doesn't make the Norwegian Parliament any good as subject matter experts in
by bzbarsky 10y ago
You may be right that at the time there were no better subject matter experts. That doesn't make the Norwegian Parliament any good as subject matter experts in perpetuity, unfortunately, and I think the spotty history of the Peace Prize awards and the resulting disdain for it is evidence of that. Not least because the priorities of both the electorate and their elected representatives can change. So we certainly have evidence of failure; it's not clear whether the failure could have been avoided.
In hindsight, it _may_ have been a good idea to have a process in place for handing off to a better-suited body at some point (e.g. past prize recipients, the UN). Hard to say, of course.
- ptaipale 10y agoThe UN would be a rather horrible solution. No, I trust the Norwegian parliament and its assigned panel a lot more. Nobel Peace Prize and its reputation is theirs. So far they've done a decent job, even if some of the appointments - like the premature selection of Obama - are disappointing.
- bzbarsky 10y ago> No, I trust the Norwegian parliament and its assigned panel a lot more. I trust them more than the UN too, fwiw, but that's because it's a really low bar. > Nobel Peace Prize and its reputation is theirs. Yes, but they don't seem to care very much about its reputation. > So far they've done a decent job This opinion is not universally shared.