and

got rid of that diverse.

One model took over.

A very narrow set of methods predominated in how they looked at the world.

Interestingly, and it might seem contradictory to the argument we're trying to make, is it actually increased its external influence.

But whether it did it in a positive way in the way we define external influence is a good question.

I think we can learn a lot from that cautionary tale about what happened with economics and its shift from pluralism to a much more homogenous way of looking at the world and applying its knowledge to the world, and something that evaluators should not guard against but actively resist.

And I think that's what we