Episode 200 - Why governments struggle to make national security decisions with the pressures of social media

Governing a country is not easy.  Not only are there an infinite number of demands from the public - roads, energy networks, education, etc. - but a finite number of resources to address all these issues.  Complicating this is the need to do something ASAP.  Social media only exacerbates this problem.  Citizens learn of events on the fly and draw conclusions, often spurious, shortly afterwards despite a lack of complete information.  How does this affect government decision making, especially when it comes to national security?  A conversation with Andrew MacDougall.