“Fixing America” – When data and perception differ and the impact on U.S. Policy.
Why does it feel like no matter how much data exists, America’s political conversations keep getting louder, angrier, and further from any real solution? What happens when facts and perception point in completely opposite directions, and why does that gap matter more than most people realize?
For this edition of Wine & Wisdom, William M. Taggart IV brings a perspective you rarely hear in political conversations: that of an engineer. With over 35 years solving some of the world’s most complex technical problems, deepwater oil operations, large-scale mining and refinery projects. Taggart applies the same data-driven, root-cause analysis he uses in engineering to America’s most polarizing issues.
His talk, “Fixing America: When Data and Perception Differ,” explores why the disconnect between what the numbers actually show and what people believe to be true has become one of the greatest drivers of policy failure in the United States. Immigration, climate change, taxation, political division, Taggart strips away the partisan noise from both the left and the right to examine what the data actually says and what that means for the policies shaping our country and its role in the world.
He will explore how America thinks about its problems, why perception so often wins over evidence, and what it would actually take to bridge that gap. Expect a discussion that will challenge your assumptions, regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, and leave you thinking differently about the issues that matter most.
