Started reading "Midnight at Chernobyl" today. It's been around the house for a while since we saw the TV series based on it, but hadn't gotten to it until today.
Then I just got off the Facebook group for current and retired FSA employees (mostly field employees but some DC and retirees). I like to keep up with what's happening there.
There's a big contrast between the rigid bureaucracy of the Soviet Union and the more free floating discussion of issues and techniques in the Facebook group. I wonder how much of that is American versus Russian and how much is technology enabling exchange of ideas.
I think it was true in the old days of ASCS that there was pretty good sharing of ideas within a state, and perhaps some across state lines based on personal connections. Back in the 90's we tried to develop the sharing by having "train the trainer" courses with county people mixed in with the state people. Having the internet and Facebook now facilitates the exchange even more.
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