Day 2,022: contingent, self-dealing, hobble

The tech contingent could also let itself down. 

A combination of infighting, botched implementation and self-dealing could provoke a backlash that hobbles Mr Trump’s second term.

Artwork of the day 
Contingent
Eva_Hesse
Date: 1968
Style: Post-Minimalism
Genre: installation
Media: mixed media
Location: National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, Australia

Word of the day 
contingent: a group of people representing an organizationor country, or a part of a military force:
self-dealing: a situation in which someone uses their position in an organization to gain a personal advantage:
hobble: to walk in an awkward way, usually because the feet or legs are injured:

Quote of the day
“One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.”

― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture