Enter
current travails over this website,
it’s this: the challenge is at least
worthy of the age. More and more,
ordinary Americans are using the
internet to seek out information
and solve complex problems — and
they are doing so with the expectations that their demands will be
met seamlessly and instantaneously. Fixing this problem honors
those expectations, and faces the
modern world squarely.
In addition, surmounting this
challenge is of great benefit to
both government and those who
seek to govern. It’s going to give
future presidents, both Republicans and Democrats, a new lease
on vision and innovation, and the
sphere of what is possible is going
to grow. And ordinary Americans
who have experience in this sort
of technological innovation stand
a better chance of running for office themselves — they’ll look at
Washington and think, “Finally,
there’s a place there for so meone
like me.” Slowly, we might even
begin to find people steeped in the
modern world wresting control of
powerful legislative committees
from the old men with bad hair
who never learned how to set the
timers on their VCRs.
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cerely well-intentioned individual
who isn’t a little bit of a complete
screw-up at heart. Screwing up
completely is basically the first step
to making the world a better place.
But the most highly effective wellintentioned individuals own their
screw-ups. Obama should consider
More and more,
ordinary Americans are
using the internet to
seek out information and
solve complex problems
— and they are doing
so with the expectations
that their demands
will be met seamlessly
and instantaneously.”
giving that a try, if only because
when he does so, every reporter’s
head will explode from the shock.
Naturally, if the next round of
repairs to the Obamacare website don’t do the trick, he’ll get
another chance. But as with the
launch of website, the optimal
occasion of taking responsibility
is now a blown opportunity — it’s
over and it’s done and it’s
never coming back.