At the Heart of Regulation

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People Making Thoughtful Decisions

Fortnightly Magazine - July 2026
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People in my life often tell me that I have a habit of answering simple questions with unnecessarily long explanations.

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They’re probably right.

As a former engineer and government lawyer, I’ve spent much of my career in rooms where the answer to almost every question starts with, “Well, it depends.” The older I get, the more I realize that’s usually because the most important decisions involve balancing competing priorities, incomplete information, and a lot of very smart people who don’t always agree.

That reality shows up throughout this month’s issue.

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