The doers can't remove the bureaucracy-focused people, because doing so would run counter to Pournelle's Iron Law; it's like crossing the streams. Let's instead replace bureaucrats with AI, since the same pressures that drive bureaucracies toward self-preservation might instead push AI systems toward AGI .
> Isaac Newton: “But if I have done the public any service this way it is due to nothing but industry & a patient thought.”
> who wants to hear supermodels lecturing us on the importance of inner beauty?
Also, Newton's statement can be taken as passing the test for social acceptability. It could also be that Newton, Feynman, etc took their hardware for granted.
Why so bullish on government? The department of motor vehicles is capable of being better, but they aren't.