The first two, he said, are high intelligence and the ability to connect disparate issues in a larger framework.
Only recently has it become clear that these seemingly disparate issues are a collective manifestation of a dysfunctional energy system.
Architecture design requires many inter-dependent decisions, which affect the most disparate issues, from hardware and software selection to network topology.
But by presenting a hodgepodge of disparate issues rather than one coherent theme, the spot asks a lot of its 30 seconds, not to mention its viewers.
These seemingly disparate issues are in fact connected, as the TV landscape goes through a tumultuous shift in the Netflix era.
Few politicians have been able to grasp how policies on seemingly disparate issues such as homelessness, low-paid work and expensive holiday homes all fit together.
At several points, it seemed as if the candidates were on a television game show, blurting out 30-second answers on a whirlwind of disparate issues.
The agency regulates such disparate issues as price supports for farmers, food safety and national forests, which the department oversees through the Forest Service.
Mr. Obama used the address to link those disparate issues and present an integrated vision for the future of American capitalism when the recession eventually ends.
Unsurprisingly written like a legal brief for a client, rather than a balanced assessment, the merging of disparate issues muddies the situation rather than clarifying it.
