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Honestly, the tech efforts at the WH are about as non-partisan as anything I've seen. (I've talked to the USDS people; I think it's awesome; I'm far from a De
by rdl 11y ago
Honestly, the tech efforts at the WH are about as non-partisan as anything I've seen. (I've talked to the USDS people; I think it's awesome; I'm far from a Democratic voter).
There are 10% of things people disagree on. There are a lot of things ~everyone agrees on. The political thing is to tie up everything waiting for the 10%. The tech solution is to do the 90% and defer the 10%.
- dajohnson89 11y agoThis. I've worked on a project with USDS people on it, and their only objective was making shit work better. There was not the slightest hint of politics in anything they did.
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- toomuchtodo 11y agoI was considering a job with the USDS. Seriously reconsidering after the latest Edward Snowden pardon response. I want to make government and society better; I don't want to be a tool used to enable further entrenchment of incumbent policies. I voted for Obama twice; disgusted doesn't really suffice for how I feel about how him, Kerry, et el are handling current tech policy. Does the Bernie Sanders campaign have any volunteer technology team positions open?
- rdl 11y agoI'd probably argue seat at the table is a prerequisite for any change.
- mladenkovacevic 11y agoI don't think he was talking political as in democrats and republicans. The manufactured idea of partisanship in US politics is a very elaborate but worn out misdirection.
- ild 11y ago"There is only one party in US - business party" - Noam Chomsky (inventor of lex and yacc)