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I think a minister should be a good administrator. It is good if they are also specialist in the area, but not a requirement. Brazil science, technology and inn

I think a minister should be a good administrator. It is good if they are also specialist in the area, but not a requirement. Brazil science, technology and innovation minister is an astronaut and not much has improved in the area.

mrtksn 5y ago
Hot shot businessmen, investigative journalists and prestigious academics make some of the worst failures as politicians in Turkey too. However, in this case maybe there’s a chance because his post seems quite domain specific and not very policy heavy.
- Barrin92 5y ago
  >Hot shot businessmen probably the worst of all the listed specimen and it reminded me of a prescient Hitchens moment from the early 90s https://youtu.be/j1MynYJDyE0 https://youtu.be/j1MynYJDyE0
  - emmelaich 5y ago
    Ike said it well... >... Yet in holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower%27s_farewell_address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower%27s_farewell_addres...
bluetomcat 5y ago
He is a well-known and reputable speaker at many local tech conferences, primarily on Java and security topics. He has also shown commitment in pointing out the numerous problems regarding the sorry state of Bulgarian electronic governance - no synchronisation of data between institutions, duplication of data, the need for getting paper verification notices from one institution to be admitted in another. In case he sets up a good team of techies, I think he would be able to guide them in the right direction, because he is aware of the problems and has the technical competence for choosing the viable solutions.