Tom Brokaw wrapped up this past Tuesday's presidential debate with a unique question, submitted by "Peggy from Amherst", who wondered "What don't you know, and how will you learn it?" I thought this would have been a great opportunity to quote a bit of poetry from noted former civil servant Donald Rumsfeld, who famously said:
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
That may have been the smartest thing Rummy ever said (if a bit obvious).
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