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Despite Obama's clear understanding of technology, I'm not sure a lawyer/career politician can qualify as a technocrat. Hu Jintao is a technocrat. Barack Obama
by rms 18y ago
Despite Obama's clear understanding of technology, I'm not sure a lawyer/career politician can qualify as a technocrat. Hu Jintao is a technocrat. Barack Obama just has good technology policy. But yeah, it's pretty amazing. It might be enough to restore the rest of the world's faith in America.
- robg 18y agoLabels aside, he had the good sense to hire a Facebook co-founder to run his on-line operation: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/technology/07hughes.html?_r=1&oref=slogin http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/technology/07hughes.html?_... I know I wouldn't be surprised to see Hughes running the "Google for Government" initiative. That proposal is a huge step forward in transparency and accountability that any technocrat could love. The proposed technology czar is also really cool. How about Woz as a cabinet member?
- rms 18y ago:) I'm hoping for Lawrence Lessig myself.