The Enemy of Good

One should wonder about the impulse to lead. It is obvious in warfare, in fires--- at moments demanding a next step. But in politics it is less obvious because usually the politician begins without anything at stake. The guy in the burning building must get out; he likely will try to the best of his ability (and the limits of his safety) to help lead another out. But the politician is under no such pressure or demand; as his commitment to leadership grows, his risk grows. It is reminiscent of the problems with physics: Big physics solutions can not be applied to small physics questions. So the dynamics of the individual and his leadership does not seem to translate to leadership in the tribe or state.
What is it that these politicians want? Is there something we can do preemptive to satisfy them so they will leave us alone? For the same disjunction that separates the realms of physics, separates us. Their theories for their perceived problems never work for our individual concerns. And sooner or later force must be applied to make their square physics solutions fit our round physics lives; if the solution hasn't worked, it must be we haven't tried hard enough. They start Medicare and forty years later have to take the entire medical system over to blend Medicare in.
Aside from the desire to tinker, there is a true intolerance of the imperfect that plagues societies. It is a type of puritanism, an arrogant certainty of how things should be and the certainty that the would-be leader alone knows the truth. It is a search for The Good. A phrase so often heard in the operating room is "The Enemy of Good". What is the enemy of good? Better.
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