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They also have a "Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure" as if expertise in one domain would easily transfer to the other. The only commonality seems
by terminalhealth 7y ago
They also have a "Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure" as if expertise in one domain would easily transfer to the other. The only commonality seems to be that things are being transported from A to B via some network, but it pretty much ends there.
- luckydata 7y agoI think the money comes from the same budget, and it's both cases infrastructure. At the end of the day you don't need that much expertise to allocate funds, it's more about politics.
- terminalhealth 7y agoDigital infrastructure is mostly privatized (and monopolized).
- brokenmachine 7y ago>you don't need that much expertise to allocate funds You need expertise to allocate funds wisely however.
- filmor 7y agoOh, that's not really an issue, he shows very similar levels of incompetence in both areas.
- mschuster91 7y agoHis predecessors from CDU/CSU also. Infrastructure ministry is dominated by a history of politicians hellbent on kissing the automotive industry's butt...
- phoenixdblack 7y agoI second this
- disillusioned 7y agoStrictly speaking, aren't they both just series' of tubes? /s
- afiori 7y agoLet's join also the ministry of health then! :)
- eurg 7y agoThe infamous "Datenautobahn".
- thaumasiotes 7y agoSounds like a pretty close translation of the "information superhighway".
- hurrrrrrrr 7y agoCompetence doesn't seem to be a requirement in these positions.
- KONAir 7y agoUltimately they are both "realtime logistics" and the minister better have expertise in longterm public projects then either. But yea, sure they better be seperate.
- em-bee 7y agoit does kind of make sense if you consider that roads and rail lines are good places to put data cables, and that you have to dig up roads for the cables to be placed. so having the authority do do so within one ministry sounds like a good idea.
- terminalhealth 7y agoFair point, but they do invoke this ludicrous metaphor of the data highway, also why isn't it then simply called "infrastructure". There are surely other large scale planning decisions that could be subsumed e.g. pipelines, power lines etc.; why would they not be mentioned?