>I don't understand why so many talented people at Google continue to support this kind of takeover. It's easy talk yourself into a position that boils down to

>I don't understand why so many talented people at Google continue to support this kind of takeover. It's easy talk yourself into a position that boils down to "I trust us." Not only are people disinterested in designing around that, most people don't think of it as a problem. Partially because they don't always engage system thinking to that extent, and also it's grueling to admit that your ability to make decisions should not be trusted. Sure, it's easy to say "I don't trust myself" when asking someone else for a code review. Its expected to miss some things and motives are not really at question. Removing the ability to change goals after the fact, mislead or break promises is different in kind.