The Meaning of “Public Service” in Times Like These
We need to reimagine what it means to serve the common good.
now all heroes don’t wear capes
And all villains don't get away
But all limits eventually fade
—Joey Badass, “For My People” (2017)
When I was coming up, popular culture led us to believe that working in government was the ideal way—maybe the only way—to do “public service.”
Aaron Sorkin’s West Wing played an outsized…