Not only does Doge seem to be unaware of this, but there is no sign that it wants to understand. Legally, these are the easiest employees to open fire, so they disappeared. It even changed the length of the trial period (from one year to two years of service) to oversized clearance National Science Foundation.
It takes a certain amount of arrogance to push a startup into glory. But as we have repeatedly said, The United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all the things that are not defined as profitable, which can serve the public interest rather than protect investors’ profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, and the United States cannot afford it.)
What if you don’t believe in the public interest? You rushed through destruction. You can transfer from an agency to an agency, thereby giving the maximum permitted breach as stipulated by the law. Doge’s expensive, embarrassing mistakes are a byproduct of reckless nihilism. if Artificial Intelligence Can Sell You Pizza,sure The General Services Administration of the Future.
What’s worse is, None of these actually helps Make dents in its alleged mission. How efficient is it to fire someone you have to scramble to hire? What are the cost savings for thousands of federal employees compared to the F-35 program? Actually, what are we even doing here?
There are two possible explanations for this confusion. One is that Musk and Docci have no interest in government or efficiency, but should be deeply concerned about the data they can harvest from various institutions and revel in privatization for themselves. Another is that a group of allegedly talented coders did respond to higher citizen appeals, but hit the ball here.202.
Musk did have a rare sense of self-awareness in his Oval Office appearance with his four-year-old son and Donald Trump later last week. “We will make mistakes,” he said. “But we will act quickly to correct any mistakes.”
So far, half of him is correct.
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🔗 Doge claims it saved $8 billion in a contract. Actually it’s $8 million: Further reading Doge Savings Tracker Fiasco. (New York Times)
🔗 “Help Us:” Hundreds of people were held by us at the Panama Hotel: Support the conditions for immigration to be held abroad. (BBC)
🔗 Trump administration tightens disease prevention and protection vaccine campaign: Robert F. Kennedy is now sworn in and it seems the vaccine pullback has begun. (NPR)
