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I mean it could be good enough, as long as she listens to the experts and doesn’t think that “these nerds are preventing me from making history and breaking rec

I mean it could be good enough, as long as she listens to the experts and doesn’t think that “these nerds are preventing me from making history and breaking records” (assuming what parent comment says is true).

gred 1y ago
Sure, but even better would be if she had experience in the industry to judge tactical advice she is given and set strategic direction. Otherwise the best she can do is "not get in the way".
- touisteur 1y ago
  But then you get complaints/problems of revolving doors and how's she supposed to reform an industry that she will have to go back working for again after her tenure as minister or secretary - assuming she wants to eat and feed her family using her hard-earned industry experience.
- jaoane 1y ago
  It’s incredible that here of all places you will have someone justify a person who’s completely unqualified running something as important as a country’s electrical network. I wonder if they’d say the same if this had happened in, say, Hungary.
- motorest 1y ago
  > Otherwise the best she can do is "not get in the way". Playing devil's advocate, policy can be set by inertia (i.e., no one is fired for buying IBM). So a government loyalist can have the motivation to implement a policy change that breaks away from conservative biases towards how a problem is solved. You already see how the criticism is that things weren't done as they were always done, aka "Don't touch it to not break it". The problem with this approach is that conservative approaches are not inherently safer: their primary value is to serve as scapegoat and create responsibility voids. See for example how some critics attack how nuclear was not singled out as baseline, when under this scenario nuclear would be by design the first system being pulled from the network. Spain is being criticized for implementing a policy to shift the country's energy supply away from fossil+nuclear and towards renewables. Naturally there will be growing pains. Attacking the regulator based on shifts in policy only underline that the attacks are political, thus complaining that the top stop was handed to a politician actually justifies the move as clearly the position is responsible for managing the political side of the policy shift.
petre 1y ago
Yup, now they can fire her for breaking the record of incompetence.

gred 1y ago

Sure, but even better would be if she had experience in the industry to judge tactical advice she is given and set strategic direction. Otherwise the best she can do is "not get in the way".

touisteur 1y ago
But then you get complaints/problems of revolving doors and how's she supposed to reform an industry that she will have to go back working for again after her tenure as minister or secretary - assuming she wants to eat and feed her family using her hard-earned industry experience.
jaoane 1y ago
It’s incredible that here of all places you will have someone justify a person who’s completely unqualified running something as important as a country’s electrical network. I wonder if they’d say the same if this had happened in, say, Hungary.
motorest 1y ago
> Otherwise the best she can do is "not get in the way". Playing devil's advocate, policy can be set by inertia (i.e., no one is fired for buying IBM). So a government loyalist can have the motivation to implement a policy change that breaks away from conservative biases towards how a problem is solved. You already see how the criticism is that things weren't done as they were always done, aka "Don't touch it to not break it". The problem with this approach is that conservative approaches are not inherently safer: their primary value is to serve as scapegoat and create responsibility voids. See for example how some critics attack how nuclear was not singled out as baseline, when under this scenario nuclear would be by design the first system being pulled from the network. Spain is being criticized for implementing a policy to shift the country's energy supply away from fossil+nuclear and towards renewables. Naturally there will be growing pains. Attacking the regulator based on shifts in policy only underline that the attacks are political, thus complaining that the top stop was handed to a politician actually justifies the move as clearly the position is responsible for managing the political side of the policy shift.

petre 1y ago

Yup, now they can fire her for breaking the record of incompetence.