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I really dig the idea of what he's doing in analyzing the role of government. Regardless of where you land on the political spectrum I'd say most people, at lea

I really dig the idea of what he's doing in analyzing the role of government. Regardless of where you land on the political spectrum I'd say most people, at least here in the US, would agree that the government is pretty inefficient. While obviously governments are different than companies in some very fundamental ways I'd think something like a dashboard for government would be both really cool and useful. Despite being a democracy we're not very transparent. There has to be so many ways we can aggregate data in a useful manner both for public use and information and to help officials make better more representative decisions. As an aside I'd also love to see more people pursuing politics with a tech background.

Touche 11y ago
> Regardless of where you land on the political spectrum I'd say most people, at least here in the US, would agree that the government is pretty inefficient. I don't necessarily agree with that. Government is attempting to do an impossible thing, I have no expectation of efficiency.
tn13 11y ago
I do agree with your view that government in USA is pretty inefficient. Another problem with US government is that it is simply too large and has immense resources to waste on needless things. I don't remember who said it but the quote was "when government officials have to pick between two work they chose the least productive one (because it is easier)". I am a libertarian and I see that a lot of people make fun of Bernie Sander's free college but go to think of it US government has spend around $15B on war on drugs and around $74B on running prions a lot of this money can indeed go in into supporting education if it can not be returned to tax payers.