Episode 5 - James Taulbee - Austerity and Ownership

We’re a society that gets what we want when we want it and if we experience a problem that we’re unable to fix, we get someone to fix it for us. I can’t help but somehow feel a connection with this sentiment to what we’re currently experiencing with the coronavirus. A loss of immediacy, a high level of restriction, and our inability to control the situation. There’s not really an easy way out of this. Unless you’re like Jerry Jones and have the ability to do things, like draft NFL players from the comfort of your yacht. We can’t do what we want when we want it, which is the essence of a combat deployment and an understatement when considering combat itself.