I would venture to say that the policy decisions of today’s leaders have failed to show the slightest bit of humility. Especially in government today, there seems to be a sense that every problem can be fixed with intelligent leadership and unity of action. From stimulus for the global economy to the reorganization of the health care industry and the whole country of Afghanistan, there is no sense that some problems are too big to solve in a central and planned way.

With every passing year, our solutions and our problems seem to become increasingly grandiose, and I do not find it a coincidence that these two coincide. Often it has been said that big problems require big solutions, but less often is it said that big solutions create big problems of their own. Failure to see issues in light of our limited capacity to know everything and the finite nature of our power shows a stunning lack of imagination.