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The Traveler

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34. You missed his point, I think

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 05:11 PM

Mar 2014

That is much like saying that since only computer programmers understand the intricacies of code, only programmers (and not the end users) of a system should specify requirements.

And that is absurd, of course. And not how it is done.

Tyson is not saying lawyers should NOT be members of Congress. Or business folk. The point Tyson is making is that other important disciplines are under represented in elected office. That effectively excludes different knowledge, priorities, and problem solving methodologies from the legislative body. Consequently, the legal and business viewpoints are over represented to the detriment of other concerns of the people.

And I think that is a fairly accurate description of the disease.

Congress critters have ample access to lawyers who help them write bills. (Alas, most of those lawyers work for corporations pushing a particular interest ... lobbyists.) So hammering out the technical legal language is not an unsurmountable problem.

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