happylookout

Hey Rog. Can I call you Rog?

Y'know, I'd heard of the prison guard thing before, but on this glance the motivation behind it strikes me as a bit odd. It seems prison guards as a profession run up against a whole lot of awful stress-related issues/mortality. If it were me, I'd hope that my union would be fighting for my physical and emotional well-being as well, instead of chasing job security at the expense of absolutely everything else. Maybe sometimes that would even mean lobbying to reduce prison populations.

I know this specific topic isn't exactly what you're working on, but do you have any thoughts on whether this could also be a failure of union incentives to effectively represent all aspects of their membership? Are people just really bad at figuring out their own long-term interest?

Why did your focus shift from games to politics? Was there a specific moment, person, or conversation that sticks out in your mind?