Why is everyone trying to convince me that handling names is hard for computer systems? That's obvious to everyone, even me. What's fascinating to me is that

Why is everyone trying to convince me that handling names is hard for computer systems? That's obvious to everyone, even me. What's fascinating to me is that none of you consider that government might not need to have a list of everyone it governs, or that such a list might not need to be centralized or computerized. When faced with a facet of humanity that's too complex to be easily reduced to consistent data, private groups either do their best and work with what data they can extract, or else have people handle it, with our flexible, tolerant minds. When government is involved, though, the immediate response is, "We have to force people to be less complex!" I'm beginning to see technocracy as the biggest threat to a diverse, human, and humane society.