The escalation of commitment also applies to lockdown restrictions and masks: “Cases are rising, so let’s mandate masks outdoors too!”
Also, the decision of the Israeli govt to cut the validity period of the vaccine passport from 12 to 6 months exemplifies my fundamental problem with the policy: if your rights become conditional, you can expect the government to change the conditions.
'Protective measures' and 'masks' in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Good insights into Israel and the counter-productive nature of passports which can be expanded to include mandates as a whole. The same irrational coercion grips Canada. "They"- the authorities - simply sit on a throne of deception and lies.
The escalation of commitment also applies to lockdown restrictions and masks: “Cases are rising, so let’s mandate masks outdoors too!”
Also, the decision of the Israeli govt to cut the validity period of the vaccine passport from 12 to 6 months exemplifies my fundamental problem with the policy: if your rights become conditional, you can expect the government to change the conditions.
Great article. Thank you.
"Escalation of commitment refers to decision maker’s tendency to persist with or even intensify losing courses of action."
That's such a genteel way of saying it.
As we know, doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result, is the famous definition of INSANITY.
'Protective measures' and 'masks' in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Good insights into Israel and the counter-productive nature of passports which can be expanded to include mandates as a whole. The same irrational coercion grips Canada. "They"- the authorities - simply sit on a throne of deception and lies.