Wisdom and Control: Excelling in PST 101

1. Group Seating Chart – Module 2 17 15 2 4 13 6 18 14 8 11 19 7 1 12 10 3 16 9 20 5 Stage

2. -Reinhold Niebuhr God grant me serenityTo accept the things I cannot change,The courage to change the things I can,And the wisdom to know the difference. Control No Control https://kenopalo.com/2015/10/07/control-vs-out-of-control-groups/

3. Class Agenda • Announcements • Extra Credit • Two Key Ideas

4. Competition Points Winners Losers As of 9/16/2019

8. Better Grades Through Extra Credit • Total Points from Modules: 650 • Extra Credit Options • 15 points from speakers and giving blood (outside class) • On average, 20+ from competition (in-class) • Example: Lost 120 points total on modules = 530 = B- But gain 45 extra credit points = 575 = B+

9. Excel Certification • Earn 10 extra credit points by becoming Excel Certified (a total of 25 extra credit points with other extra credit opportunities)! • Certifications are due by email to mfakers@syr.edu before 5pm on 11/22 • If you are already Excel certified, you can still receive 5 extra credit points • Excel Certification form: https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1TyyUjAg8P6RuFn • If interested in getting certified contact Zach Sussman at zmsussma@syr.edu

10. Extra CreditOpportunities! Receive extra credit throughout the semester by attending any speech related to PublicPolicy. You may receive up to 3 points per event that you attend: 5 total events x 3 points per event = 15 possible points +(10 more if you get Excel certified, 5 if already certified)= 25 or 20

11. How extra creditworks! After the event, fill out the Extra Credit Speaker Evaluation Form located under the Extra Credit tab on the PAFwebsite: https://paf101.expressions.syr.edu/extra-credit/ After you complete the online form within48 hours,Molly will send you an email letting youknowthat shereceived it and the total amount of points you havereceived. If you do not receive an email within 48 hours, please contact Molly Akers <mfakers@syr.edu> to ensure that you getpoints!

12. Use the Links Provided Below toFind Events! •http://www.dailyorange.com/ •http://sunews.syr.edu/ •http://suevents.syr.edu/main.php •http://www1.maxwell.syr.edu/calendar /calendar.aspx

13. Do you know of other ExtraCredit Opportunities? If you are aware of any future presentations related to public policy that the class could attend, please contact Molly Akers <mfakers@syr.edu>

14. Other Extra CreditOpportunities: BloodDrives Donatingbloodalso countsfor 3extra credit points. To receive the credit youMUST: 1. Submit a separate blood drive form foundunderthe Extra Credit tab on the PAF 101 website within 48 hours of the blooddrive. *You may only receive credit for donating bloodtwice* *If you are denied because of health problems, you may still complete the form and receive extra credit, however, you may only do thisonce* *Lying about giving blood counts as plagiarism and you will fail thecourse* 2. Blood Drive Extra Credit Form:  https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2n4dajwrbFlAedD

16. Quote #1 “Life is an aggregation problem.”

17. Focusing on a Societal Problem • Very difficult because “to generalize is to be an idiot.” -Wm. Blake, 18th century poet • What’s wrong about this quote? • Which leads to the principle that life is an aggregation problem

18. The Canadian Goose Problem a beautiful bird versus a flying crap machine

19. When you can take a 3 page paper and: • Reduce it to 1 page • Reduce that to 3 paragraphs • Reduce that to 1 paragraph • Reduce that to 1 sentence • You will understand that life is an aggregation problem.

20. Be Both Kinds of a Person Correctly decide when to be: • A Tree Person -disaggregated • A Forest Person –aggregated Tree Person Forest Person

21. Life is an Aggregation Problem in PST 101 • Your answers have to be not too general and not too specific • How do you decide?

22. Quote #2#2 Most Important Quote “B.S. RULES” All statements are speculation for a purpose. Some speculative statements are closer to the truth but we can never be sure. This is reality; learn to deal with it.

23. Example: The Magna Carta

24. BS in Policy Discussions • Declaration of Independence • Cold War • Trickle Down Theory • Social Justice • Public Interest

25. BS and Truth • Truth is a goal; not a reality • Actions are reality • BS can lead to action • Action can lead to BS • The More Abstract the BS, the more sloppy the speculation behind it

26. BS is not all bad WHY?

27. BS is the fertilizer of life • Good • Can lead to good decision • It serves as play • It drives business-through advertising • It drives do-gooders • Substitutes for war • Bad–too much: • Can lead to bad decisions • Pollutes the political atmosphere • Destroys the news media • Makes brown spots in lawns and stinks • Can lead to war

28. BS is • As essential to the human condition as air is to human life

29. Antidote to BS Excesses • Avoid groupthink • Avoid cognitive dissonance • Always admit that knowledge is speculation • Use analysis rather than rhetoric • Be ????

30. BS restores faith to its proper place • If there is only speculation, actions can only be based on faith • Speculation cannot eliminate uncertainty no matter how much theory, data, logic, or smarts!

31. Using Continuums to Fight BS • A continuum is a straight line between opposites. Right Left

32. Understanding the Causes of Poverty • Poverty is caused by: System Individual https://www.slideshare.net/LeanUK/enterprise-lean-john-shook-lei-lss-230604-ppt

33. Look At the Problem of Poverty • Analytical—causes both a matter of the system weaknesses and individual responsibility • Rhetorical Approach— Social Justice is violated by the gap between the rich and the poor

34. Analysis of Poverty • Capitalism is based on competition where merit is valued more than equality • Poverty is a necessary by-product and a major cause of societal problems • Reducing the negative effects of capitalism while maintaining competition is a pragmatic approach

35. Reducing Poverty- The Success Sequence • “Get your high school diploma, • then get a job, • then get married, • and only then have kids, • and you have a 88 to 97 percent chance of escaping poverty.” • Based on studies by several scholars from the Brooking Institutions and other places.

36. Fighting Poverty… 1. Story of Joe—Job Corps and the Military 2. Earned Income Tax Credit

37. What About Joe • Met as a 15 Year Old • Helped by Salvation Army • Destroyed by High School • Resurrected by the Job Corps • Top in his military class • Now a teamster in Nevada, with a long time girl friend, a house he owns, took mother out of the Ghetto, has a pension, • Life is good

38. Joe Took Responsibility • This is not a story of how someone became really rich or president of the United States • Individual Responsibility fights poverty

39. Government Hurt and Helped Joe • Hurt • Educational system • Social welfare policy • Helped • Social welfare policy • Job Corps • Financial support for non profits • Military and the VA • Housing subsidies

40. Job Corps • https://www.jobcorps.gov • Created by Lyndon Johnson’s Administration in 1964 • Save’s Taxpayers 17K per graduate per year

41. Assignment for Next Class • Do as much as you can in Chapter 2 • Expert will be in class to help you get Chapter 2 Exercises Done