I'm beginning to suspect that the Donald Trump presidency might provide students, educators, entrepreneurs, project managers and really anybody anywhere with the best evidence for the intrinsic value of preparedness.
To be clear, I don't hate Donald Trump, I strongly dislike the rhetoric that, like dead skin, sloughs off of him only to be consumed, punctuates, and regurgitated by an electorate desperate to believe in that dead dreams can be reincarnated.
I also wish that he was curious about things other than how many minutes he was discussed on morning political shows, why certain news programs continue to use unflattering photos of him, and if his classic "winging it" ideology got him to the white house, what else can he achieve. Maybe he's curious about how to gain world domination or how to be even more complimentary towards Vladimir Putin.
It would be helpful if he was curious about history. Maybe if he'd understood the basics about the One China Principle, or even what a blind trust is, or if he was interested in understanding exactly how his campaign helped promote hate, then maybe people all over the world wouldn't be feeling confused, slighted, and increasingly vulnerable because the most powerful man in the world doesn't seem to be aware or interested in any of their individual stories, he is blind to their struggles, yet he gets to decide their futures.
I suspect that in the long run, no one will win in the world Trump intends to create. Hopefully after it has fallen away either with Trump being fired and driven away in a taxi cab like a head hanging down apprentice contestant, or maybe once ignoring global warming has caused the world to heat to a level where that even Carrier's air conditioners can't save us (a deal that oft-confused Sarah Palin was able to see right through), Trump will test his "winging it" paradigm in a new settlement on Mars.
When that day comes, thinking people, the curious, or anyone with eyes to see will realize that having a 30 year career in public service is not something to hide. Maybe then preparedness won't seem like a snotty notion reserved for the coastal elites.
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