True and governments have the unique position to have a longer view that would ideally introduce a whole new range of potential outcomes that might not be ratio

True and governments have the unique position to have a longer view that would ideally introduce a whole new range of potential outcomes that might not be rational at shorter timescales. One problem we face now is that the time scale of government is being shortened to that of the corporation. Government shouldn't think quarterly or annually but in terms of decades and generations.