I thought it was going to be along lines that I heard in undergrad, that, in the 50s or so before computers, government's sheer bureaucracy limited its size. Th

I thought it was going to be along lines that I heard in undergrad, that, in the 50s or so before computers, government's sheer bureaucracy limited its size. That computerized record keeping came along just in time to allow it to keep growing. I wish I had cites.