Arnold Kling’s Fantasy Intellectual Teams Draft

Here is his explanation, earlier post here, the point is to pick the undervalued people, not to pick your favorites or “the best” per se.  In essence you are assembling a “team” of public intellectuals to…I am not sure what.  But it might be fun!  Here is my advice for picks:

1. Pick people who have had more than one significant job.

1b. Pick people who have had to manage something, broadly defined.

2. Pick religious thinkers.

3. Pick people who keep on getting better.  Because indeed they will continue to keep on getting better.  That one might sound trivial, but I suspect not so many people follow it.

4. Pick people who do not use the words “Democrat” and “Republican” too often.

5. Pick people who are curious about China.

6. Pick people who experiment with different media and outlets.

7. Pick people who have an interest in seeing through very long-term projects.

8. Don’t pick too many complainers and whiners.

Good luck!