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None of these people (i.e. legislators) should be involved until/unless they decide to learn how this stuff works.


It sounded like no one even proofread and edited their questions or lines of reasoning. There should be a panel of non-partisan people, not even experts, taking the dumb out of their questions before they engage. It was a waste of time. Even some strong questions and ideas were shutdown because they couldn't formulate it, and then the internet turned it into another way to laugh at congress.

Maybe there needs to be an old-lawyer to SME translator doing the talking too. This person questions a SME on behalf of the senators and they can speak up or seek clarification when needed. Proofread questions and competent speech.


> There should be a panel of non-partisan people

And right there is where your plan fails.


I know...the number of underhanded partisan questioning or advertising from these senators was sad.


I really liked your first post and building a platform to enable such things is completely simple. Please don't take the cynical/self-defeating attitude. Promotion is not my strong suit. Be careful with people that want to be the watchers of the watchers without laying out clear principles ahead of time.


What, you don’t think that someone who believes WhatsApp is an email client should be allowed to legislate technology? /sarcasm




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