Frightening

I have a friend who is perpetually concerned with what the neighbors think. It doesn't matter how things are actually going. What matters is what things look like from the outside looking in, what people think is going on. Perception trumps reality.

I think some groups and organizations work in this way. Managing perception. Damage control. Big stuff anytime, more so during an election year.

I'd like to see more truth telling. We spend so much time trying to maintain the image of a united front that we forget the value of dissent and diversity. We're so afraid of publicly having problems that we keep secrets, and pretend to pass as functional groups or organizations.

Ghosts and goblins got nothin' on human systems. Happy Halloween.