[thisisnotauser]

I think I contend we must disagree with the assertion "change has to come slowly, over time." At some point, moving too slow must be more harmful than failing to address all stakeholders' interests. To wit, perhaps we would not have seen the political situation evolve as it has over the past decade if the administration that implemented the USDS had accomplished more with it sooner.

[mezzie2]

I agree. Especially since we don't exist in a vacuum. Speaking from an American perspective, if we don't change and innovate, we're going to have our lunch eaten by cultures that do.

The rest of the world isn't going to twiddle their thumbs while we decide to placate everyone's egos. (I'd say 'letting Elon run amok in our government' falls in this category as well - it's clearly an ego thing for him as a donor stakeholder).