[throwaways85989]

It needs to be even more standardized. So far in fact, that it could be part of a API, that could be handled by software, so that a robot could cancel the contract for the user. User should be able to create and cancel contracts via automated negotiation.

[thechao]

I always thought that all govt processes — high to low — should have an API for filing paperwork, with a publically available "wirk queue" that anyone could query. The govt would be mandated to use its own APIs, and motion in the queue would require publically available information.

It always ends up looking like a snazzier version of Brazil, in my head.

[DaiPlusPlus]

I assume you're referring to how AWS got started?