Fatal Conceit

The Hubris of Elected Officials

You voted for them to represent on your behalf but they believe they know better than you and they are not listening.

Lauren Langford

5 min readJul 29, 2020

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July 28, 2020

Anchorage, Alaska

My hometown is in the midst of a battle with its elected officials. In the past two…

Lauren Langford

Written by Lauren Langford

Listening is more important than speaking.

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