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I would love—assuming Congress had their heads in the right place—to make a small council (council to prevent Luddite or crazy Presidents/Congresses from comple
by pducks32 10y ago
I would love—assuming Congress had their heads in the right place—to make a small council (council to prevent Luddite or crazy Presidents/Congresses from completely wreaking havoc) that would understand tech stuff like we do. People who just comment "Yea that's not how this works," or "hey techies think this is a good idea." Because I give a lot of governments good credit on tech stuff (and especially local governments) but on the federal level I think we're a little lost and lobbyists get to influence what congress members believe.
- Houshalter 10y agoTechnology isn't special. Politicians are also uneducated on every other industry and area of life. It's just that when they misunderstand technology you notice.
- pducks32 10y agoWell I notice it about a couple areas but in a ton of those areas we have specific branches of the executive to deal with the nitty gritty but not really one for technology. Similar in UK where they have white wall ministries to deal with things that parliamentarians should not be expected to have a deep knowledge of.
- jamessb 10y agoPresumably you mean "Whitehall", rather than "white wall"?
- superuser2 10y agoThat's what lobbying is. Except lobbyists answer to the people who pay them. Closest thing we have to the tech community paying lobbyists is the EFF. If we had a professional organization, that would be a reasonable place to organize such a lobbying arm.