Not sure I buy his point about how engineers and other professionals are the only ones who manage complexity. I have never taken a poly-sci class before, but my

Not sure I buy his point about how engineers and other professionals are the only ones who manage complexity. I have never taken a poly-sci class before, but my guess is that the whole point is to work to reduce the enormous complexity of differing political systems into something you can understand. And, as a single data point, my English major/aspiring author friend is one of the deepest thinkers I know. He regularly surprises me by being able to distil complex situations into something manageable. Engineers definitely don't have a monopoly on that.