We consider our ability to understand complex problems but fail to apply long-term solutions because we are so easily distracted.
Microsoft was among the first companies to fully embrace computerized collaboration. The telephone was shunned. Face to face or email. But laptops were always open and attention divided.
Al Gore got our attention for a brief moment when he spoke the truth about climate change. It didn't last. The nation went on to the next issue with the same earnest desire to affect change.
Through division of labor we can grant specialists with regulatory power so long as we have means for recognizing expertise and so staff the agencies we make for them. They will be charted with continuous attention.