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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by ahazred8ta on Sunday February 02, 2025 @04:10PM (#42911859)
We went through something similar in the 1960s with the Whiz Kids, young college graduates from the RAND corporation with no experience in government or the military. "But you have to obey us because we're so much smarter than you." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(Department_of_Defen...
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by LastTrain on Sunday February 02, 2025 @10:05PM (#42914471)
That wasn't even remotely similar to what is happening now.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by KerrAvon on Monday February 03, 2025 @02:59PM (#42922169)
The Whiz Kids, for all their flaws, were duly and lawfully appointed. It wasn't this.
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