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Greetings Decision maker,
As the Trump administration pushes sweeping changes to the federal government’s structure, one agency stands as a canary in the coal mine: the U.S. Department of Labor. My interview with leaders of AFGE Local 2391—which represents federal employees in the Department’s Pacific Region—reveals the dire consequences of proposed workforce reductions, early retirement offers, and ideological shifts in governance. For President Aliyah Levin, Executive Vice President Rob Sax, and Vice President Omar Algeciras, this moment is not just about protecting jobs—it’s about protecting the mission of the Department and, by extension, the American people.
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I often think back to the late Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's phrase WYSIATI, which stands for "What You See Is All There Is," described in his book Thinking, Fast and Slow. Thus, today's article on the consequences of the extensive cuts to the US Department of Labor represents a classical example of the dangers of WYSIATI. If all we see are inspections of mines and factories getting cut, we fail to recognize the accidents that won't happen. We overlook the safety violations that inspectors won't identify, and thus underestimate the lives endangered or lost because of regulatory blind spots. The irony, of course, is that the supposed efficiency gained by cutting oversight often leads to significantly greater long-term economic and human costs. To combat this predisposition, we must deliberately consider what lies beyond immediate visibility: the accidents avoided, lives preserved, and catastrophes averted through proactive regulation and diligent inspection—otherwise, WYSIATI ensures we'll remain dangerously blind to the true cost of our short-sighted decisions. |
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Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
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