[bkfunk]

If you have termites, you don’t just light the house on fire.

So many tech people try to solve all the problems of Gov tech in the executive branch, which is intentionally slow and conservative. And yet, watch any Congressional hearing about a tech topic, and it’s painfully obvious that Congress has very little expertise in tech issues on staff.

Instead of going 12 rounds with OIRA about the PRA (which I hate as much as the author does), what if we…changed it?

The Judiciary also has no idea how to think about tech issues.

Don’t blame the executive branch for the perverse constraints and incentives created by the Legislative and Judicial.

[mezzie2]

I've been wondering for a while now why we aren't pushing for more technologists in office. I know most of us don't feel ourselves to be temperamentally suited, but it seems sorely needed.

Maybe some of the recent grads who find themselves in a losing tech job market can pivot.

[omnivore]

it's expensive, the risks of losing are big and they dig into your whole life and basically ruin it. But agreed more people should be in these roles or at least advising these people, but the money is bad and it requires a different set of skills.