Assuming naivety is neglecting multiple data points, among them her extensive experience at Google working on or with some of their most successful projects. W

Assuming naivety is neglecting multiple data points, among them her extensive experience at Google working on or with some of their most successful projects. Why start there? Why not look at the whole picture and loan her the benefit of the doubt, saying, "I believe with your experience it's likely that you're familiar with software development. Therefore I won't assume this is a massive brainfart, even if part of my mental model of the world thinks it could be. Without that assumption, what are you trying to communicate with this, and why? What can I learn from this, and do I need to update my mental model?" Assuming naivety is unreasonably dismissive, and says more about the critic than the policy or policymaker.