Richard Florida
by Richard Florida
Thu Jan 31st 2008 at 4:44pm EST

Values vs. Wonkishness

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George Lakoff gets to the nub of the matter:

Obama understands the importance of values, connection, authenticity, trust, and identity …The Clintonian policy wonks don’t seem to understand any of this
… They confuse values with programs.
They have underestimated authenticity and trust.

The rest is here.

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