The Human Condition in Public Service

You don't stay in these roles unless you think that you're doing some kind of good. That's broadly applicable to public service, whether you're a weather forecaster or an appropriator. You have to think that I may not know the people who this decision affects, but it affects real people. And I'm going to try to make these decisions and give advice on making these decisions to better people's lives. It's easy to do with weather forecasting and harder to do with the James Webb Space Telescope. But that's where thinking about the human condition helps you.