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I find it hard to believe that any 19-22 year old would have the appropriate level of experience to handle this responsibility. Sure, a 55 year old also may no
by kelnos 2y ago
I find it hard to believe that any 19-22 year old would have the appropriate level of experience to handle this responsibility.
Sure, a 55 year old also may not have the appropriate responsibility, but at least it's reasonable to expect that they could.
- BurningFrog 2y agoPretty sure these whiz kids engineers are writing software to analyze things like where all the money goes. Decisions will ultimately be made and implemented by the appropriate authorities, of course.
- indoordin0saur 2y agoAgree. It seems largely they are just writing code to make sense of the enormous amount of data and unravel the tangled mess that is the US federal budget.
- drawkward 2y agoRight, 5 guys are gonna untangle what you allege is generations of tangled mess. Got it.
- kccoder 2y agoHow do you know that they are largely writing code? Is that because the appropriate oversight has indicated as such? What visibility do any of us have to what they are doing? And why should we trust any result they produce? The lack of critical thinking in this entire comment section is breathtaking?
- BurningFrog 2y agoWhy would you hire top software engineers to do anything else than build software systems?
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- kdmtctl 2y agoKids tend to miss a reasonable doubt and tend to hate sincerely. This why they are good in rapid cutting regardless of consequences. Any amount of brilliance will not compensate even 10 years of experience.
- fastball 2y ago> Kids tend to miss a reasonable doubt and tend to hate sincerely What does this even mean?
- ulbu 2y agothat they are more hot-headed and militant in their opinions
- hnfong 2y agoA 55 year old learns to keep their hot-headed militant opinions to themselves. But from my experience in the insides they’re no different. And the 55 year old has held those opinions for 40 years and they’re not gonna change.
- kelnos 2y agoAppropriate authorities? I have little faith in that at this point.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoI think that’s a bit of a naive take.
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- enragedcacti 2y agoGeorge Washington led a revolution at 44 years old, and those guys were 32, 36, 31, and 29 when the constitution was drafted and the federalist papers were written. I guess the upside from the comparison could be that 11 years from now these kids might realize how badly they fucked up the federal government and try again with a more balanced approach.
- hintymad 2y agoGood point. I didn't mean that the founding fathers solely led the revolution, but that being "founding fathers" meant that they led significant part of the revolution. For instance, Hamilton was a chief staff aide to Washington, and Madison was in some state's legislature. Of course, they may not qualify as "leading" at that time, but at least they were participating, right? And that is similar to those 19-year olds in DOGE: they are employees in DOGE, and they are led by someone more senior.
- kelnos 2y agoNot comparable. In 1776, kids started working and participating in society in their early teens. Even Monroe at that time likely had years more of practical life experience than the people working for Musk right now. On top of that, I would not automatically assume Musk's staff have the skills and talent of the people you mention.
- hintymad 2y ago> On top of that, I would not automatically assume Musk's staff have the skills and talent of the people you mention Me neither. I was arguing the opposite: we should not assume that one does not have experience to the point that it is outrageous, just because that person is young. Such a young age should make us more doubtful, but should not give us complete conviction.
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