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Elon Musk to lead new efficiency department named after his favourite cryptocurrency (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Tesla mogul will head up Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with Vivek Ramaswamy, to ‘dismantle bureaucracy and slash regulations’

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[+] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well he can build rockets faster than he can get approval to launch them.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

Because launching a rocket isn't without consequence. Shouldn't just launch willy nilly every day because you have it, there are other factors (environment, structural damage, etc)to consider which he does not care about.

[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

For a good reason. Approvals are thorough because they are the accumulation of our learnings throughout the decades and centuries.

I don't know if you're meaning to justify his actions or what, but let's not do that justification thingy when it's completely unjustified.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

That's probably true for most people.