Is our demand for, and instant access to raw information always in our best interest?
“I often thought afterward of some of the things we learned from [the Cuban Missile Crisis]. The time that was available to the President and his advisers to work secretly, quietly, privately, developing a course of action and recommendations for the President, was essential. If our deliberations had been publicized, if we had had to make a decision in twenty-four hours, I believe the course that we ultimately would have taken would have been quite different and filled with far greater risks. The fact that we were able to talk, debate, argue, disagree, and then debate some more was essential in choosing our ultimate course…”
Robert F. Kennedy writing in Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
