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It was called "The Office of Technology Assessment." It was one of the shining starts of the US government, and governments around the world used it as a model.
by jyounker 5y ago
It was called "The Office of Technology Assessment." It was one of the shining starts of the US government, and governments around the world used it as a model.
Destroying the OTA was one of the center pieces of the Republican's "Contract with America," was they perceived its advice to be an obstacle to their legislative goals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessmen...
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoThe question is how to create something like that without it being susceptible to regulatory capture. Everything is so partisan now that the article reads like "beloved pro-science institution destroyed by hidebound anti-science Republicans" while also claiming that the Office was 50% Republicans and created during a Republican administration. It would be interesting to have, instead of that, some information on what it was that caused the Office to become a partisan battleground, if we want to avoid it happening again.