Re:The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app were the res...
by chiefalchemist on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:58AM
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> "Meanwhile, officials were looking for glory (and even knighthoods), and ministers were focused on rolling out a “world-beating” app, rather than just a successful one, so that they could claim victory on the world stage."
This is the lede. Technology issues aside, the problems started here. It's a false narrative that the idea the technology and the makers that use it are to blame.
Too many inflated egos and too much ambition have undermined more efforts than any other factor.
"How do you conquer the world? One country at a time."
Re:The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app were the res...
by the_other on Monday June 22, 2020 @09:53AM
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They’re insane. At the time they started using the phrase “world beating”, we were already “behind” other countries in containment, PPE, infection rate, death rate.
This is the lede. Technology issues aside, the problems started here. It's a false narrative that the idea the technology and the makers that use it are to blame.
Too many inflated egos and too much ambition have undermined more efforts than any other factor.
"How do you conquer the world? One country at a time."